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Circle of Antoine-Ignace Melling (French, 1763-1831)
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Circle of Antoine-Ignace Melling (French, 1763-1831)

View of Constantinople, circa 1750

細節
Circle of Antoine-Ignace Melling (French, 1763-1831)
View of Constantinople, circa 1750
grey wash on paper
16 x 53¼ in. (40.7 cm. x 135.6 cm.)
來源
With Pietro Accorsi, Turin.
注意事項
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拍品專文

At the time when this painting was exectued the Ottoman Empire was enjoying the only time of relative calm in a century dominated by war, first with Venice and later with Austria and Russia. Sultan Mahmud I (r.1730-1754) was on the throne, and the empire had begun its long period of decline.