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Dance of Peasants [possibly in Belgrade near Constantinople]

Watercolour
ca. 1800 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Mayer, Luigi (painter (artist))
Place of origin
Turkey (painted)

Watercolour drawing


Object details

Category
Paintings
Object type
Watercolour
TitleDance of Peasants [possibly in Belgrade near Constantinople] (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour and gouache with gum, heightened with white
Watercolour
Watercolour Drawing
Brief description
Watercolour, Dance of Peasants [possibly in the forest of Belgrade near Constantinople], about 1800, by Luigi Mayer
Physical description
Watercolour drawing
Dimensions
  • Height: 19.7cm
  • Width: 21.7cm
Styles
Italian School
Orientalism
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A
Object history
According to Rodney Searight: - `Bt W.T. Spencer, June 1965, 20/-[shillings]'.
Historical context
This may represent part of the festivities for a Greek wedding in the forest of Belgrad, a popular summer resort. Cf. Ceremonia D'Un Spozalizio Greco Osservato Nel Villaggio Di Belgrado Nelle Vicinanze Di Costanpoli, signed by Chiara Mayer and dated 1797, sold Sotheby's, 24.2.77 (3); Greek Wedding Ceremony, sold Sotheby's, 16.10.81 (104). But see also Mayer, Ottoman Dominions, 1810, Pl.20, aquatint titled Dance Of Bulgarian Peasants, 1809; also in Mayer, Turkey in Europe and Asia, 1801[-06], [Part 1],
Pl.9, 1806 (see SP.379 & SP.380).
Subject depicted
Dancing
Places depicted
Turkey
Belgrad Ormani, Istanbul
Istanbul
Bibliographic references
  • See large group of gouche drawings by Luigi Mayer, commissioned by Robert Ainslie (1729-1812) in Adam's Country House Collections at Slane Castle, Co. Meath, catalogue of auction held on 6th October 2009, lots 517 to 542.
  • Searight, Rodney and Scarce, Jennifer M., A Middle Eastern journey : artists on their travels from the collection of Rodney Searight, Talbot Rice Art Centre, 1980
  • Searight, Rodney. The Middle East : watercolours and drawings by British and foreign artists and travellers, 1750-1900, from the collection of Rodney Searight, Esq. London, 1971
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
SD.654

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Record createdMarch 2, 2008
Record URL
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