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| The painting Declin du jour by Ham Nghi King to be auctioned in Paris on Wednesday |
Bidding will start at 800-1200 euro.
According to the website Millon & Associe, the king painted the small oil on canvas painting called Déclin du jour (Sunset) in 1915 while he was living in the Gia Long Villa in the Algerian capital of Alger.
Phan Thanh Hai, deputy director of Hue Monuments Conservation Center, said he expects other paintings of the king to come on auction in Paris in the future.
Ham Nghi was the eighth Emperor in Vietnam’s Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945). He ruled for only one year (1884-1885). Together with Emperors Thanh Thai and Duy Tan, Ham Nghi orchestrated several revolts against the French colonists. In 1885, he led the Can Vuong uprising.
Ham Nghi was arrested by the French and exiled to Algeria in 1888. He died in 1943 and was buried in Aquitaine, France in 1965.
Most cities in Vietnam have major streets bearing his name.
