View of the Western facade of the Boukoleon Palace
Watercolour
ca. 1811 (painted)
ca. 1811 (painted)
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Watercolour
Object details
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| Title | View of the Western facade of the Boukoleon Palace (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | watercolour with pencil |
| Brief description | Watercolour, View of the Western facade of the Byzantine Palace of Boukoleon. ca. 1811. John Foster (about 1787-1846) |
| Physical description | Watercolour |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Formerly signed on mount John Foster delint. |
| 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 Abbott & Holder, Dec.1970, £12 [with SD.390]'. |
| Production | This drawing shows a part of the western wall of the Byzantine palace of Boukoleon, which faced the harbour of Constantinople, modern day Istanbul. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Dominik Heher, The Harbour of the Bukoleon Palace, in: Daim, Falko and Kislinger, Ewald (eds.): The Byzantine Harbours of Constantinople, Heidelberg: Propylaeum, 2022, Vol. 24, p. 117.
Claudia Barsanti, Un inedito disegno delle rovine del complesso costantinopolitano del Boukoléon, in: Walter Angelelli and Francesca Pomarici (eds.): Forme e Storia. Scritti di arte medievale e moderna per Francesco Gandolfo, Rome: Artemide, 2011, pp. 45-58. |
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| Accession number | SD.391 |
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| Record created | January 18, 2008 |
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