Live Auction 15774Old Master & British Drawings & Watercolours
Luigi Mayer (Italian, 1755-1803)
Lot 83

Luigi Mayer (Italian, 1755-1803)

A street in Istanbul with a mosque behind; A house and a city gate near Istanbul

Closed3 July 2018

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GBP 5,250

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Luigi Mayer (Italian, 1755-1803)
A street in Istanbul with a mosque behind; A house and a city gate near Istanbul
signed 'L. Mayer dipinse' (i and ii) and inscribed 'MOSCHEA, E FONTANA ESISTENTE NEL VILLAGGIO DI ESKI-ESTAMBOL NELLA ROMELIA.' (i) and 'RUINE DI UN'ANTICO CASTELLO ALL'INGRESSO DEL VILLAGGIO DI ESCHI-STAMBOL NELLA ROMELIA.' (ii) and 'Tavola N° XX. del viaggio pittoresco del Sig?. Cav?. Roberto Ainslie' (i and ii)
black chalk, watercolour and pastel, gum Arabic, on a feigned mount
16½ x 22 1/8 in. (42.1 x 56.4 cm)
(2)

Specialist note

The publication in which the first drawing is published is dedicated to Sir Robert Ainslie, 1st Baronet (circa 1730-1812), who was the Scottish ambassador to the Ottoman Empire. Ainslie financed Mayer's journeys on which he depicted sites in the Ottoman empire and in particular the antiquities.