1841
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
The Esir Hani or Avrat Pazari, the female slave market near the Nur-i Osmaniye Cami, Istanbul is a 1841 watercolor by John Frederick Lewis, a Orientalism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
The Esir Hani or Avrat Pazari is a watercolour work. It depicts a scene near the Nur-i Osmaniye Cami in Istanbul. The scene shows a female slave market. This market was located near a mosque in central Istanbul, and the slaves were kept inside wooden booths. To learn more about the style of this work, look up the movement: Romanticism.
The watercolour sketch depicts a marketplace near the Nuruosmaniye Mosque in Istanbul, featuring wooden booths where dealers operated. It is believed to have been created discreetly or from memory, as open sketching would not have been permitted. The scene captures the setting of a slave market, with more valuable slaves kept indoors within the dealers' booths. The work remains unfinished.
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John Frederick Lewis (1804–1876) was an English Orientalist painter. He specialized in Oriental and Mediterranean scenes in detailed watercolour or oils, very often repeating the same composition in a version in each…
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