LUDWIG DEUTSCH (GERMAN 1855-1935)THE MARKET VENDOROil on canvas Stamped with artist's atelier stamp to stretcher verso60 x 72.5cm (23½ x 28½ in.)Provenance:Sale, Christie's, London, 15 June 2005, lot 55Purchased at the above sale by the present owner Born in Austria, Ludwig Deutsch settled in Paris and became a noted Orientalist artist.Capturing exquisite moments of quotidian human life, his work is often described as documented realism. The present work is possibly a preparatory study for the painting 'Le Marchand du Nil' exhibited at the Salon des Artistes in 1910. The painting appeared as an etching by Henri Lafort as part of a portfolio distributed to members of the French Society of Friends of the Arts. It was also engraved and coloured by Auguste Brouet.