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Alberto Pasini Italian, 1826-1899
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Description
- Alberto Pasini
- The Evening Prayer
- signed and dated A. Pasini 1870 l.r.
- oil on canvas
- 27 by 22cm., 10 3/4 by 8 3/4 in.
Provenance
Acquired by the father of the present owner circa 1950
Exhibited
Busseto, Alberto Pasini, 1926, no. 6, as Carrozza davanti alla moschea
Galleria Fogliato, Turin, 1948, no. 48 (illustrated in the catalogue)
Galleria Fogliato, Turin, 1948, no. 48 (illustrated in the catalogue)
Literature
G. Copertini, 'Le Mostre postume di Alberto Pasini e S. Marchesi all'esposizione di Busseto', in Aurea Parma, November-December, 1926, p. 309
Vittoria Botteri Cardoso, Pasini, 1991, p. 304, no. 524, catalogued and illustrated
Vittoria Botteri Cardoso, Pasini, 1991, p. 304, no. 524, catalogued and illustrated
Catalogue Note
The present work depicts shrouded ladies ascending the steps to the North Door of the Yeni Djami Mosque in Constantinople, which featured in a number of Pasini's paintings in the early 1870s.