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

Details

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.

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Lot Essay

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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