A pair of portraits of courtesans, 19th/20th century, (2) oil on canvas, each depicting a young lady seated at a table, one hand raised supporting her chin, one wearing a pale and dark blue robe with floral borders and holding a book, the other wearing a white and blue robe and holding a flowering stem, both adorned with jewellery on their wrists, fingers, ears and hair, their faces with a direct gaze and slight smile, framed, (2), each 58 cm high, 44 cm wide