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A street in Constantinople. Coloured etching, 17--. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.
A street in Constantinople. Coloured etching, 17--.
- Date:
- [between 1700 and 1799]
- Reference:
- 2150197i
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About this work
Description
The print shows a vivid but largely, it would seem, imaginary street in Constantinople. Three grand palace officials, mounted on horseback, pass through the street with their janissaries while other well-dressed men stand and talk. The number of minarets is remarkable
Publication/Creation
A.V. [Augusta Vindelica, Augsburg] : Cum gratia et privilegio sac. caes. majestatis, Georg Balthasar Probst excud, [between 1700 and 1799]
Physical description
1 print : etching, with engraving and watercolour ; image 27.9 x 41 cm
Contributors
Lettering
Vue de la basilique bâtie à Constantinople par l'empéreur Iustinien. Prospectus basilicae magnificae, a Iustiniano Imperatore Constantinapoli constitutae. Vue de la basilique bâtie à Constantinoaple par l' Empereur Justinien. Vista della basilica fabbricata a Constantinopoli dall'Imperatore Giustiniano. Prospect bey dem prächtigen Tempel, so vom Kayser Iustiniano zu Constantinopel erbauet worden. Med. Fol.o no. 49. Cum gratia et privilegio sac. caes. majestatis ... Georg Balthasar Probst excud A.V.
Bears number, top right: 219
References note
Sixt von Kapff, Guckkastenbilder, perspective views, vues d'optique aus dem Augsburger Verlag von Georg Balthasar Probst 1732-1801: Gesamtkatalog, Weissenhorn 2010, p.?, no. ?
Reference
Wellcome Collection 2150197i
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores