Name of Object:

Portrait of the Marquess of Cerralbo in a Turkish Garment

Name in original language:

Retrato de la marquesa de Cerralbo a la turca

Location:

Madrid, Spain

Holding Institution:

Cerralbo Museum

 About Cerralbo Museum, Madrid

Holding Institution (original language):

Museo Cerralbo

Date of Object:

1889

Author:

Abdullah Frères' studio

Inventory Number:

MCFF02676

Material(s) / Technique(s):

Paper; albumen print

Dimensions:

16,6 x 10,9 cm

Provenance:

Turkey, Istanbul

Description:

The Marquis of Cerralbo and his family visited Istanbul in 1889, and nowadays the Cerralbo Museum holds an interesting variety of pieces bought and collected as souvenirs from the family trip. When visiting a foreign country or city, being portraited by a famous photographer of studio was indispensable. In this case the photographers are the world-renowned Armenian Abdullah Frères, Photographes de S. M. I. le Sultan. This vignetted bust shot albumen portrait of Inocencia Serrano y Cerver, marquise of Cerralbo, shows the playful and aesthetic use of typical Turkish costume in the Abdullah Frères studio, perfect to satisfy the European desire of exoticism.

Type of Object

Photograph

Citation of this web page:

Cecilia Casas Desantes "Portrait of the Marquess of Cerralbo in a Turkish Garment" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2026.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;es;86;en

Prepared by: Cecilia Casas Desantes
Copyedited by: Anne Dowell

MWNF Working Number: SP 086