Live Auction 5971An English Look - Robert Kime, Piers von Westenholz, David Bedale and James Graham-Stewart
Christie’s roundel
Lot 276

COUNT AMADEO PREZIOSI (MALTESE, 1816-1882)

Closed8 July 2009

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GBP 5,625

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COUNT AMADEO PREZIOSI (MALTESE, 1816-1882)
The Hagia Sofia, Istanbul
signed and dated 'Preziosi /1871' (lower left)
pencil and watercolour
13¼ x 18½ in. (33.5 x 47 cm.)

Specialist note

Amadeo, the fifth count Preziosi, is best known and admired for his depictions of Istanbul, the city he made his home and favourite subject. After studying at the Ecôle des Beaux Arts in Paris, he left Europe for the city at the age of twenty-six and never returned.