Roumeli Hissar Castle, Constantinople

Details

Alberto Pasini (Italian, 1826-1899)
Roumeli Hissar Castle, Constantinople
signed, inscribed and dated 'Roumeli-Hissar. A. Pasini 1869' (lower right)
oil on canvas
11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm.)

Literature

Carotti, Emporium, Bergamo, 1899, p. 496.
V. Botteri Cardoso, Pasini, Genoa, 1991, p. 292, no. 453.2, as: Rumeli Hissar-Castello della Fame (Costantinopoli).

Exhibited

Galleria Pasini, 1° Catalogo, no. 147, as: Castello di Roumeli Hissar, Constantinopoli.
Galleria Pasini, 2° Catalogo, no. 46 (erroneously dated 1868).
Venice, VIII Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte di Venezia, 1909, no. 72.

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Lot Essay

Rumelihisarı (also known as Roumeli Hissar Castle) is a fortress in the Sarıyer district of Istanbul, on the European side of the Bosphorus. The complex architectural structure of the castle was strategically built by the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II between 1451 and 1452 to monitor the traffic in the Bosphorus strait.

Another painting by the artist depicting the same subject is in the Galleria d'Arte Moderna in Genoa.

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