Size of sheet: 25 x 16.5 cm. Size of plate: 11.8 x 8.2 cm.

Albert Aublet was a French Orientalist painter. He was a student in the workshop of Jean-Léon Gérôme and later became the president the artists’ society of Tunis. He is believed to have been used as a model for M. Biche, a regular of Madame Verdurin’s salon, in Marcel Proust’s À la recherche du temps perdu.