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Amedcibey, or Receiver General of provincial correspondence addressed to the Grand Vizier

Anonymous Greek artist

1809

watercolor

From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

Romanesque Romanticism Early 19th Century

Dominant colour

Amedcibey, or Receiver General of provincial correspondence addressed to the Grand Vizier is a 1809 watercolor by Anonymous Greek artist, a Romanesque work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Who painted this?: Anonymous Greek artist
When & what style?: 1809 · Romanesque
Where can I see it?: Victoria and Albert Museum

The story of this work

Overview

This watercolor and bodycolor study depicts Amedcibey, the Receiver General of provincial correspondence addressed to the Grand Vizier, and was created in 1809 by an anonymous Greek artist. Part of a larger series commissioned by Stratford Canning during his diplomatic mission in Istanbul, the work blends dense Ottoman artistic techniques with European perspective and representation. The series was later bound in a volume and acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1895 from Canning’s daughter. The artist’s identity remains uncertain, though Turkish scholars suggest ties to Konstantin…

Read the full account in the museum source.