Alberto Pasini (1826-1899)

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Alberto Pasini (1826-1899)

The Door to the Mosque of Sultan Ahmet, Constantinople

signed and dated 'A Pasini 1868. Constantinople'; oil on canvas
13¾ x 10 5/8in. (35 x 27cm.)

来源

Probably with Galleria Pasini, 1st Catalogue, prior to 1909, no. 33
Probably with Galleria Pasini, 2nd Catalogue, 1917, no. 31

出版

Probably exhibition catalogue, Gallerie centrale d'Arte, Milan, 1917, no. 73
Probably V. B. Cardosa, Pasini, Genova, 1991, no. 445

展览

Probably Milan, Galleria Centrale d'Arte, 1917

拍品专文

It is likely this is the same picture mentioned in Cardosa op. cit., no. 445, but the measurements are slightly different (35.5 x 27.5cm.) and there is no mention of the signature and inscription. It is comparable to a number of other architectural sketches of 1868, Porta della Moschea del Sultano Ahmet, Porta della Moschea di Ali Chilich Pascia, Porta della Moschea del Sultano Bajazid, and Porta laterale della Moschea di S. Sofia, Cardosa, op. cit., nos. 444, 446, 447 and 448.

'Pasini was probably the best-known Orientalist artist of foreign origin in France. He found a ready sale for his canvases through the Parisian dealer Goupil, and had a faithful following of American visitors to The Salon.' (L. Thornton, The Orientalists Painter-Travellers, 1828-1908, Paris, 1983, p. 124)