Name of Object:

A landscape of Bazaar from Istanbul

Location:

Istanbul, Türkiye

Holding Institution:

Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Painting and Sculpture Museum

 About Ministry of Culture and Tourism (General Directorate for Cultural Heritage and Museums), Istanbul

Date of Object:

1853

Author:

Amadeo Preziosi (1816, Malta/Valetta-1882, Istanbul)

Material(s) / Technique(s):

Watercolour on paper

Dimensions:

37x53 cm

Provenance:

Istanbul

Description:

At the beginning of the 19th century, romantic painters who appreciated eastern mysticism brought newly discovered eastern landscapes with their paintings which contained fiery colours and interesting landscapes. One of those painters coming to Istanbul from Malta and affected by eastern mysticism was Amadeo Preziosi. He usually painted scenes from daily life, such as shops between streets, coffeehouses, baths, peddlers passing the street, a woman filling water from a fountain and figures from different ethnic groups. Like many of his contemporaries, Preziosi had been lured to the exotic city of Istanbul. He also tried to reflect the cultural diversity of the city in his paintings. Especially in his watercolour paintings he loved expressing the blue water of the Bosporus with its caïques, pavilions, palaces, boats, mansions, residences, bazaars and cemeteries.

Citation of this web page:

"A landscape of Bazaar from Istanbul" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2025.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;tr;67;en;en

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