NARCISSE BERCHÈRE (1819-1891)

NARCISSE BERCHÈRE (1819-1891)
Bab al-Futuh animated landscape, Cairo, Egypt
Graphite on paper
Situated 'Bab el Foutouna', annotated '236' and stamped 'Vente/N. Berchère' [Lugt L.231] lower left
(Small stains)
Graphite on paper, located 'Bab el Foutouna', inscribed '236' and stamped with the 'Vente/N. Berchère' mark lower left
26 x 44,5 cm - 10 1/4 x 17 1/2 in.

Provenance
- Sale, 'Vente après décès des tableaux, études, dessins et aquarelles par feu N. Berchère [...]', Me Lechat, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, November 12, 13 and 14, 1891, lot 236 (titled 'Bab-el-Fontana (Caire)' [sic])
- Sale, Title unknown, Collignon-Laurent, Soissons, February 23, 1997, lot 18 (titled 'Le Caire, Sab el Youtouna' [sic])
- Private collection, France (acquired at previous sale, then by descent)