Live Auction 21955British and European Art
COUNT AMADEO PREZIOSI (MALTESE, 1816–1882)
Lot 88 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE BRITISH COLLECTION

COUNT AMADEO PREZIOSI (MALTESE, 1816–1882)

View over the Bosphorus showing the Fortress of Rumeli Hissar (Rumelihisarı), Constantinople

Closed14 December 2023

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GBP 11,340

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COUNT AMADEO PREZIOSI (MALTESE, 1816–1882)
View over the Bosphorus showing the Fortress of Rumeli Hissar (Rumelihisarı), Constantinople
signed and indistinctly dated 'Preziosi/ 185...' (lower right, date trimmed)
pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour on paper
12 ½ x 18 in. (32 x 46 cm.)

with Spink, London, where purchased by
The grandfather of the present owner, circa 1970s, and by descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

The current view is taken from the slopes of the Otağtepe hill.
We are grateful to Charles Newton for his assistance in cataloguing the present lot.