Aloysius Rosarius Amadeus Raymondus Andreas Preziosi
1854
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
A Turkish Coffee-House, Constantinople is a 1854 watercolor by Aloysius Rosarius Amadeus Raymondus Andreas Preziosi, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
Painted in 1854, *A Turkish Coffee-House, Constantinople* depicts a lively scene inside a lavishly decorated Baroque-era café along the Golden Horn. The composition captures a diverse crowd of Ottomans, Greeks, Persians, Circassians, and an African youth, each engaged in distinct activities such as smoking pipes, playing music, or begging. The artist meticulously records the café’s furnishings, including nargileh water-pipes, a coffee stove, and a cooling fountain, alongside the varied attire of the patrons. The work reflects Preziosi’s close observation of Istanbul’s multicultural society…
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Amedeo Preziosi (2 December 1816 – 27 September 1882) was a Maltese painter and traveler known for his watercolours and prints of Constantinople, the Balkans, Ottoman Empire, and Romania.
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