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- Estimate
- £70,000–£100,000 hammer ≈ $90,596–$129,422
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — 19th Century European & Orientalist Art, London · 13 July 2017
- Dimensions
- 22 7/8 x 19 1/8 in. (58 x 47.5 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3907228
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Rudolf Ernst, Tending the Lamp. Christie's, 13 Jul 2017, lot 3. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3907228.
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Rudolf Ernst, Tending the Lamp. Christie's, 13 Jul 2017, lot 3. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3907228.
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From the same sale 19th Century European & Orientalist Art · Jul 2017
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| The leader of the caravan | Robert George Talbot Kelly | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| The Mandolin Player | Jean-léon Gérome | £150,000–£200,000 | |
| Vendors in the covered Bazaar, Constantinople | Count Amadeo Preziosi | £15,000–£20,000 | |
| The two families | Mihály Munkácsy | — | upcoming |
| At Prayer | Ludwig Deutsch | £400,000–£600,000 | |
| Outside the city | Charles Théodore Frère | £15,000–£20,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rudolf Ernst | The manicure | $107,154 | Sotheby's, Jul 2024 | |
| Rudolf Ernst | The Musicians | Sotheby's, Oct 2021 | ||
| Rudolf Ernst | Reciting the Koran | Sotheby's, Apr 2025 | ||
| Rudolf Ernst | Arab smoking a nargilah | Christie's, Jul 2021 | ||
| Rudolf Ernst | The farrier | Bonhams, Mar 2025 | ||
| Rudolf Ernst | A Bashi-Bazouk | Sotheby's, Mar 2022 | ||
| Rudolf Ernst | A Still life with Moroccan Objects | Sotheby's, Apr 2023 | ||
| Rudolf Ernst | A tiger hunt | Bonhams, Sep 2025 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.