Victor Pierre Huguet (French, 1835-1902) Street scene with figures signed 'V Huguet' (lower right) oil on panel 33 x 24cm (13 x 9 7/16in). Footnotes: Provenance Durand-Ruel, Paris/New York. MacConnal-Mason & Son Ltd., London. Private collection, UK. Thence by descent. Victor Pierre Huguet began his artistic studies at the École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Marseille, before studying in Paris, alongside the Orientalist painter Eugene Fromentin. He first visited Egypt in 1852, aged just 17; he then accompanied Jean-Baptiste Henri Durand-Brager on an expedition to record the Crimean War. He later visited Algeria, Libya, Algeria and Istanbul. Huguet first exhibited at the Paris and Marseille Salons in 1859; he was a regular contributor at the Société des Peintres Orientalistes Français from its inception in 1893. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com