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Auction 115, Lot 659

"Gezigt van het Groot Serrail van Konstantinopolen", Anon.

Subject: Turkey

Period: 1750 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:
16.8 x 5.2 inches
42.7 x 13.2 cm
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Panoramic view illustrates the grand city of Constantinople with numerous ships and boats in the foreground. A key at bottom identifies 16 important locations. The engraving is from a painting by François Boucher.

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Condition: A

Issued folding with a bit of extraneous creasing.

Estimate: $350 - $400

Sold for: $275

Closed on 6/21/2006

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