Live Auction 22681British and European Art
CARL FREDERICH HEINRICH WERNER (GERMAN, 1808-1894)
Lot 41 PROPERTY FROM A PRINCELY COLLECTION

CARL FREDERICH HEINRICH WERNER (GERMAN, 1808-1894)

On the outskirts of Cairo

Closed4 June 2024

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GBP 8,000–12,000

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CARL FREDERICH HEINRICH WERNER (GERMAN, 1808-1894)
On the outskirts of Cairo
signed and dated 'C. Werner.F.1864.' (lower left)
pen and brown ink and watercolour on paper
18 ¾ x 25 3/8 in. (47.6 x 64.3 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 2 October 1992, lot 94.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 15 March 1996, lot 132.

Specialist note

The present watercolour depicts Cairo looking south from the outskirts, with the Moqattan hills on the left, and the Citadel with the Mosque of Muhammad Ali on the horizon. The buildings of the medieval city are in the near-centre of the composition.