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Max Schmidt (Berlin 1818-1901 Königsberg)
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Max Schmidt (Berlin 1818-1901 Königsberg)

Saint Catherine's Monastery, Sinai

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Max Schmidt (Berlin 1818-1901 Königsberg)
Saint Catherine's Monastery, Sinai
inscribed and dated 'Sinai/ 13/24 44' (recto), and with inscription 'St Catharinen Kloster am Sinai/ 36.'
pencil and watercolour, watermark JWHATMAN 1836
13 1/8 x 20 in. (33.3 x 51 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 25 November 1982, lot 217 (ill.).
with Crawley and Asquith, London; where purchased by the present owner.

Specialist note

Schmidt was a keen traveller; between 1861 and 1870 he travelled to Turkey, Palestine, Egypt, the Ionian Islands, Italy and England.
Saint Catherine's Monastery in Sinai in Egypt was founded by Emperor Justinian I in 548 and building ended in 565. The Greek Orthodox monastery still stands today and is one of the oldest active monasteries in the world.