Dance of Peasants [possibly in Belgrade near Constantinople]

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Artist/Maker	Mayer, Luigi (painter (artist))
Place of origin	Turkey (painted)

Watercolour drawing

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Category	Paintings
Object type	Watercolour
Title	Dance 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 created	March 2, 2008
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O146574/dance-of-peasants-possibly-in-watercolour-mayer-luigi/

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