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Amadeo Preziosi: sketches and drawings

Istanbul in watercolour · 1816–1882

Amadeo Preziosi (1816–1882): istanbul in watercolour. SketchMap Atlas shows 2 sketches by Amadeo Preziosi on the world map, each placed where it was drawn.

Maltese artist who settled in Constantinople, today Istanbul. His watercolours and lithographs of the city, its mosques, streets and the Bosphorus were popular with travellers in the nineteenth century.

Sketches by Amadeo Preziosi and where they were drawn

A View over the Bosphorus — Amadeo Preziosi, 19th century

A Market in Front of the New Mosque — Amadeo Preziosi, 1879

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Where did Amadeo Preziosi draw each work?

A View over the Bosphorus (19th century): drawn at The Bosphorus, Istanbul, Turkey. Details
A Market in Front of the New Mosque (1879): drawn at New Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey (41.0166° N, 28.9708° E). Details

About the works

A View over the Bosphorus, 19th century. Cypresses and hills above the strait, white buildings far away: a watercolour by Preziosi. Source · Public domain
A Market in Front of the New Mosque, 1879. Traders and buyers by the mosque walls at Eminönü: a street scene of 1879. Source · Public domain

Quick answers

Who was Amadeo Preziosi?

Maltese artist who settled in Constantinople, today Istanbul.

Where did Amadeo Preziosi draw?

Turkey. Every sketch is shown on the map at the place where it was made.

What techniques did Amadeo Preziosi use?

The works on SketchMap Atlas are watercolour.

Can I use the sketches by Amadeo Preziosi?

The works shown here are marked “Public domain” and come from Wikimedia Commons. Check the source link of each work for the exact terms.

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