#august schoefft

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Attributed to August Schoefft (Hungarian, b.1809 - d.1888), 'Portrait of Lal Singh (d.1866) Vizier to the Maharaja Duleep Singh', oil on canvas, no date (1840s), painted in India or Europe (possibly Lahore or Budapest), for sale for est. 30,000 - 50,000 GBP in Christie's 'Art of the Islamic World', October, 2022.

Formerly in the collection of the Maharaja Duleep Singh (b.1838 - d.1893) then his daughter, Princess Bamba Jindan (b.1869 - d.1957); later, the Government of Pakistan in the Lahore Fort Museum, Pakistan.

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Maharaja Ranjit Singh listening to the Granth being recited near the Golden Temple, Amritsar. August Schoefft, ca. 1840's - 1855, Vienna, from a sketch made by Schoefft in Amritsar, 1841. oil on canvas, 143.5 x 109 cm, Princess Bamba Collection

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1835 August Schoefft - Portrait of a woman

(National Museum of Art of Romania)