Vente aux enchères en direct 1423419th Century European & Orientalist Art
Count Amadeo Preziosi (Maltese, 1816-1882)
Lot 73PROPERTY OF A LADY

Count Amadeo Preziosi (Maltese, 1816-1882)

Vendors in the covered Bazaar, Constantinople

Fermé13 July 2017

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GBP 18,750

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Count Amadeo Preziosi (Maltese, 1816-1882)
Vendors in the covered Bazaar, Constantinople
signed and dated 'Preziosi/1853-' (lower right)
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour heightened with white on paper
12 7/8 x 10 ¼ in. (32 x 26 cm.)

Note du spécialiste

Preziosi often depicted the Kapalıçarşı or Grand bazaar. Here he shows a picturesque vendor of antiques, holding up small objects for sale, perhaps spoons, with a large yatağan or sabre held in his sash. Another version, also dated 1853, is in a private collection, Istanbul.
We are grateful to Briony Llewellyn and Charles Newton for their assistance in cataloguing the present lot.