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

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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.)

Provenance

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

Conditions of sale

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Descriptif du lot

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.

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