Lot 16: Filippo Baratti (Italian, fl. 1868-1901)

Playing cards in the harem signed and dated 'F. Baratti Paris 1881'(strengthened). oil on panel 8 7/8 x 12 in. (22.5 x 30.5 cm.) Painted in 1881 NOTES In the late 1870's Baratti began to produce paintings with an Oriental subject and the Alhambra appears to be the inspiration for the interior of this work. It is likely that he was influenced by an illustrated guide to Moorish Andalusia, 'L'Espagna', written by Baron Jean-Charles Davillier (1823-83), which was published by Hachette in Paris in 1874.