Portrait of Ali, a Muslim from Medina
Watercolour
1852 (Painted)
1852 (Painted)
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Medina was the holiest city of the Islamic world after Mecca, because it was there that the Prophet Muhammad took refuge after his Hegira or Flight from Mecca in 622 AD. He lived there until his death and was buried in a mausoleum in the El Haram Mosque. Sacred relics of the Prophet, including a hair from his beard, were also kept in Constantinople in the Imperial treasury and can still be seen in the Museum at Topkapi Sarayi
Object details
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| Title | Portrait of Ali, a Muslim from Medina |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil, water- and bodycolour touched with white |
| Brief description | Portrait of Ali, a Muslim from Medina, 1852. Aloysius Rosarius Amadeus Raymondus Andreas, known as Amadeo, 5th Count Preziosi |
| Physical description | Watercolour showing a man sitting cross-legged, wearing a large white turban and red robes |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Ali Musulmano -da Medina 1 Decembre 1852
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| Object history | This is one of a group of 31 portraits, acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1900. They were once assembled in an album, but whether by Preziosi himself, or a member of his family, or subsequently, is not known. |
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| Summary | Medina was the holiest city of the Islamic world after Mecca, because it was there that the Prophet Muhammad took refuge after his Hegira or Flight from Mecca in 622 AD. He lived there until his death and was buried in a mausoleum in the El Haram Mosque. Sacred relics of the Prophet, including a hair from his beard, were also kept in Constantinople in the Imperial treasury and can still be seen in the Museum at Topkapi Sarayi |
| Bibliographic reference | Llewellyn, Briony and Newton, Charles. The People and Places of Constantinople : watercolours by Amadeo Count Preziosi 1816-1882. London, Victori & Albert Museum, 1985
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | D.26-1900 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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