Portrait of a Dervish from Bokhara
Watercolour
1852 (Painted)
1852 (Painted)
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The city of Bokhara in Turkestan was the centre of religious life in Central Asia. In Preziosi's time it had a large number of mosques and it is said, 80 medreses or Islamic theological colleges for students. It was also a centre for the unofficial groups of holy men or dervishes like the one depicted here. This dervish has a dayak, or a prop used in meditation, and wears a leopard skin [see also D.26 -1907]
Object details
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| Title | Portrait of a Dervish from Bokhara |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil and watercolour touched with white |
| Brief description | Portrait of a Dervish from Bokhara, 1852. Aloysius Rosarius Amadeus Raymondus Andreas, known as Amadeo, 5th Count Preziosi |
| Physical description | Watercolour of an old man, bare-headed, with a string of prayer beads |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Dervisce di Bohara 15 Giugno 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 | The city of Bokhara in Turkestan was the centre of religious life in Central Asia. In Preziosi's time it had a large number of mosques and it is said, 80 medreses or Islamic theological colleges for students. It was also a centre for the unofficial groups of holy men or dervishes like the one depicted here. This dervish has a dayak, or a prop used in meditation, and wears a leopard skin [see also D.26 -1907] |
| 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.23-1900 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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