クリスティーズさんのインスタグラム動画 - (クリスティーズInstagram)「On 4 May 1874, John Frederick Lewis (1805-1876) unveiled one of his last masterpieces to the crowds at the annual Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in London.⠀ .⠀ More than a metre high, the oil painting 'The Bezestein Bazaar of El Khan Khalil, Cairo' depicts a bustling Egyptian souk and embodied the fashionable spirit of Orientalist art.⠀ .⠀ The scene was painted in Lewis's studio in Surrey but it was composed of visual notes made during the artist's decade-long immersion in the Egyptian capital.⠀ .⠀ To bring the picture to life, Lewis arranged various people he had met while in Egypt around the cavernous space.⠀ .⠀ Between them, he added a self-portrait in red and white traditional robes — a means of embedding himself permanently in the Orient.⠀ .⠀ John Frederick Lewis, R.A. (British, 1805-1876), 'The Bezestein Bazaar of El Khan Khalil, Cairo' 1872. Estimate: £3,000,000 - £5,000,000.⠀ .⠀ Orientalist Art – 18 November, London.⠀⠀ .⠀ #art #artist #orientalistart #orientalistartist #JohnFrederickLewis #christiesnovember2020」11月14日 19時21分