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Wednesday, June 17, 2026 · No. 167
Bonhams to Auction Osman Hamdi Bey’s 'At the Mosque Door' With £2M–£3M Estimate
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Bonhams to Auction Osman Hamdi Bey’s 'At the Mosque Door' With £2M–£3M Estimate

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Wednesday, June 17, 2026 · 1 min read
Auction Result Bonhams Jun 17, 2026

Cami Kapisinda (At the Mosque Door) by Osman Hamdi Bey leads Bonhams' 19th Century Paintings and British Impressionist Art sale on 25 March at Bonhams New Bond Street, London. The painting, acquired directly from the artist in 1895, comes to auction for the first time with an estimate of £2,000,000 - 3,000,000. It was first exhibited at the International Art Exposition of Berlin in 1891 and later shown at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago before entering the collection of the University of Pennsylvania. This consignment indicates sustained collector demand for major Orientalist works by Ottoman artists and underscores Hamdi Bey's pivotal role in shaping Western perceptions of Turkish daily life. The unbroken provenance and monumental scale position the lot as a benchmark for pricing similar 19th-century canvases that bridge European academic training and non-Western subject matter.

  • Artists: Osman Hamdi Bey
  • People: Charles O'Brien
  • Auction Houses: Bonhams
  • Museums: University of Pennsylvania
  • Locations: London
  • Prices: £2,000,000 - 3,000,000

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Originally via Bonhams · Curated by The Cultural Signal
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