Vente aux enchères en direct 1423519th Century European & Orientalist Art
Count Amadeo Preziosi (Maltese, 1816-1882)
Lot 79

Count Amadeo Preziosi (Maltese, 1816-1882)

Fishing boats on the Sea of Marmara, at Kumkapı, Istanbul

Fermé14 December 2017

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GBP 13,750

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Count Amadeo Preziosi (Maltese, 1816-1882)
Fishing boats on the Sea of Marmara, at Kumkapi, Istanbul
signed and dated 'Preziosi 1865.' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour, heightened with white on paper
9 3/8 x 13 ¾ in. (23.8 x 35 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 2 October 1992, lot 93.

Note du spécialiste

An unusual subject for Preziosi, painted with characteristic vigour, this view is of Kumkapı and the southern walls of Istanbul, seen from the Sea of Marmara. In Byzantine times there was an important harbour here for galleys, yet it fell into disuse and was filled in. Eventually it became a place where only picturesque fishing boats moored, near the beach outside the Kumkapı gate.
We are grateful to Briony Llewellyn and Charles Newton for their assistance in cataloguing the present lot.