Lot 329
  • 329

Count Amadeo Preziosi

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Count Amadeo Preziosi
  • View of Constantinople from Eyüp
  • signed and dated Preziosi / 1857 lower right

  • watercolour over pencil on paper

  • 36 by 51cm., 14¼ by 20in.

Provenance

Acquired by the grandfather of the present owner; thence by descent

Condition

Unexamined out of the frame and under glass, this work is executed on cream wove paper. There is some slight time-staining in the sky and a small crease towards the right of the top edge, otherwise the sheet is overall in good condition. The colours may have faded slightly over time. Held under glass in a simple gilt wood frame with a white mount.
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