Two Jewish women in an interior
Watercolour
about 1843 (Painted)
about 1843 (Painted)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Jews had settled in Constantinople as early as the 10th century, and another group,escaping persecution by the Spanish Inqisition in the late15th century, were invited to Turkey by the Sultan. They settled near where the Yeni Cami now stands, until the whole quarter was destroyed by fire in 1660. They were resettled by the Sultan Mehmet IV at Hasköy (literally 'royal village') on the upper reaches of the Golden Horn, near Beyoglu. The women were noted for wearing distinctive large turbans. Like Christian and Muslim women in Istanbul, they frequently smoked at home.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Two Jewish women in an interior |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil and watercolour |
| Brief description | Two Jewish women in an interior, about 1843. Aloysius Rosarius Amadeus Raymondus Andreas, known as Amadeo, 5th Count Preziosi |
| Physical description | Watercolour of two women in an interior, both wearing very large turbans and blue slippers |
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| Style | |
| Marks and inscriptions | Signed Preziosi |
| Object history | This drawing is part of a group of 34 bought by the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1907. [D.14-1907-D.47-1907]. |
| Place depicted | |
| Summary | Jews had settled in Constantinople as early as the 10th century, and another group,escaping persecution by the Spanish Inqisition in the late15th century, were invited to Turkey by the Sultan. They settled near where the Yeni Cami now stands, until the whole quarter was destroyed by fire in 1660. They were resettled by the Sultan Mehmet IV at Hasköy (literally 'royal village') on the upper reaches of the Golden Horn, near Beyoglu. The women were noted for wearing distinctive large turbans. Like Christian and Muslim women in Istanbul, they frequently smoked at home. |
| Bibliographic reference | Briony Llewellyn & Charles Newton The People and Places of Constantinople. Watercolours by Amadeo, Count Preziosi
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings 1985 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | D.15-1907 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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