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Lot description
Giuseppe Aureli (Italian, 1858-1929) "Orientale" Watercolor Woman w/ Mandolin c. 1880-1910, Italian Giuseppe Aureli was listed Italian painter and watercolorist, he belongs to a prominent circle of Rome's master Orientalist artists. The piece is high quality, heavily detailed Orientalist scene on paper, featuring Algerian or North African woman with a mandolin in traditional attire. Signed " G. Aureli Roma". The piece has letters of Authenticity from The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Also there is a gold tone paper sticker on verso that reads: "The Minneapolis Institute of Arts" bellow the institution name, a handwritten code is inscribed in cursive ink: L18.4654. In museum cataloging an "L" explicitly designates a Loan Item, the subsequent two digit "18" signify 1918, a year that this artwork was temporarily transferred to the museum for a special exhibition or public display.