Live Auction 1423419th Century European & Orientalist Art
Count Amadeo Preziosi (Maltese, 1816-1882)
Lot 72 PROPERTY OF A LADY

Count Amadeo Preziosi (Maltese, 1816-1882)

A Greek man in traditional costume

Closed13 July 2017

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GBP 6,250

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Count Amadeo Preziosi (Maltese, 1816-1882)
A Greek man in traditional costume
with inscription 'Greek' (lower right)
watercolour and bodycolour heightened with white on paper, oval
8 x 6 3/8 in. (20 x 16.2 cm.)

Specialist note

The Greek is shown wearing traditional costume: the pleated kilt (foustanella), embroidered waistcoat (fermeli) and scarlet fez.
We are grateful to Briony Llewellyn and Charles Newton for their assistance in cataloguing the present lot.