Aloysius Rosarius Amadeus Raymondus Andreas Preziosi
1865
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
The Cemetery of Crimean Heroes, Scutari is a 1865 watercolor by Aloysius Rosarius Amadeus Raymondus Andreas Preziosi, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This watercolour shows a cemetery in Scutari where British soldiers from the Crimean War were buried. It mixes Impressionism and Realism, two styles that were new in the 1860s. The artist painted the graves near Selimiye Barracks with the city of Constantinople in the distance. You can also see the Golden Horn, Aya Sofya, and the Tower of the Vezirs on the horizon. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum to see this work in person.
The painting depicts the cemetery in Scutari where British soldiers from the Crimean War, including several of Florence Nightingale’s nurses, were buried near Selimiye Barracks. In the background across the water, the European shore of Constantinople is visible, featuring the city on its seven hills, the entrance to the Golden Horn, Aya Sofya, the Tower of the Vezirs, and Seraglio Point. The work was created in 1865 by Aloysius Preziosi, who included a version of the same view that later appeared at a Christie’s sale in 1977. The painting was purchased from Appleby Bros in August 1965 for £15.
Read the full account in the museum source.
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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