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- ↑ Thornton, L., La Femme dans la Peinture Orientaliste, www.acr-edition.com, 1985, p. 227 (translated from the French)
- 1 2 Thornton, L., La Femme dans la Peinture Orientaliste, www.acr-edition.com, 1985, p. 227
- ↑ Thornton, Lynne (2009). Women as Portrayed in Orientalist Painting. Paris: ACR Editions. p. 186. ISBN 9782867700842. OCLC 847428883.
- ↑ Vidal-Bué, Marion (2003). L'Algérie du sud et ses peintres: 1830-1960. Paris: Paris Méditerranée. p. 64. ISBN 9782842721756.
- ↑ "Three studies of the head of an Algerian beauty". Christie's. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
- ↑ "EMILE DECKERS; STUDY OF HEADS OF YOUNG GIRLS; SIGNED LOWER LEFT; OIL ON CANVAS". Sotheby's. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
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