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An Armenian official

Anonymous Greek artist

1809

watercolor

From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

Romanticism Early 19th Century Portrait

Dominant colour

An Armenian official is a 1809 watercolor by Anonymous Greek artist, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.

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

The story of this work

Overview

The work is one of a series of views and studies commissioned by Stratford Canning during his diplomatic posting in Istanbul, produced by an anonymous Greek artist associated with the circle of Konstantin Kapidagli. The artist employed dense water and bodycolour in the manner of Ottoman painting while incorporating European techniques of representation and perspective. The series was later bound as a volume and acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1895 from Charlotte Canning.

Read the full account in the museum source.