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- Estimate
- £50,000–£70,000 hammer ≈ $62,169–$87,037
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — The Orientalist Sale, London · 25 April 2023
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5121776
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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- TB-2026-5121776 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-5121776
Jean-léon Gérome, Nafer. Sotheby's, 25 Apr 2023, lot 16. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5121776.
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Jean-léon Gérome, Nafer. Sotheby's, 25 Apr 2023, lot 16. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5121776.
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From the same sale The Orientalist Sale · Apr 2023
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evening Prayer in the Desert | Francesco Peluso | £30,000–£50,000 | |
| The Nusretiye Mosque, Istanbul | Charles-théodore Frère | £20,000–£30,000 | |
| A Square in Beirut | Charles-théodore Frère | £10,000–£15,000 | |
| The Guardian | Emile Delperee | £8,000–£12,000 | |
| Dhows on the Nile | Charles-théodore Frère | £5,000–£7,000 | |
| The Ruins of Karnak at Thebes | Jacob Jacobs | £30,000–£50,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean-léon Gérome | In the hammam | $84,710 | Sotheby's, Dec 2025 | |
| Jean-léon Gérome | Femmes fellahs au bain | Sotheby's, Dec 2020 | ||
| Jean-léon Gérome | At Prayer, Cairo | Sotheby's, Apr 2017 | ||
| Jean-léon Gérome | The Nile in flood, Thebes | Bonhams, Oct 2023 | ||
| Jean-léon Gérome | portrait d’enfant | Sotheby's, May 2018 | ||
| Jean-léon Gérome | Waiting for the Master | Sotheby's, Mar 2021 | ||
| Jean-léon Gérome | jean-léon gérôme | the helping hand | Sotheby's, Jun 2020 | ||
| Jean-léon Gérome | Lion in the Desert | Sotheby's, Mar 2022 |
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.