Nicolas Lancret (Paris 1690 – 1743), A Seated Persian Smoking a Long Pipe. Photo Sotheby's

black and white chalk on gray paper;inscribed in pencil, lower right: D. 8 7/8 by 6 1/2 in. 225 by 165 mm - Estimate 15,000-25,000 USD

PROVENANCE: With Galerie Cailleux (bears their stamp, lower right, not in Lugt)

NOTE: This charming, exotic drawing does not appear to relate to any of Lancret's surviving paintings.

Sotheby's. Property from the Estate of Brooke Astor. New York | 24 sept. 2012 www.sothebys.com