Live Auction 1423419th Century European & Orientalist Art
Count Amadeo Preziosi (Maltese, 1816-1882)
Lot 69 PROPERTY OF A LADY

Count Amadeo Preziosi (Maltese, 1816-1882)

The Galata Bridge with the Yeni Cami, Constantinople

Closed13 July 2017

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GBP 12,500

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Count Amadeo Preziosi (Maltese, 1816-1882)
The Galata Bridge with the Yeni Cami, Constantinople
signed and dated 'Preziosi 1855' (lower left); and further inscribed 'Un pezzo del ponte con la/ m...' (on the reverse)
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour, heightened with white on paper
9 ½ x 12 7/8 in. (24.3 x 32.8 cm.)

Specialist note

The first bridge that crossed the Golden Horn at Galata was called the Cisr-i Cedid (New Bridge). Constructed of wood in 1845, about three years after Preziosi had settled in Istanbul, it lasted until it was replaced by another wooden structure in 1863-4. In the background is the Yeni Cami, dominating the skyline.
We are grateful to Briony Llewellyn and Charles Newton for their assistance in cataloguing the present lot.