Vue de la Seconde Cour Intérieure du Sérail

by Antoine Ignace Melling

$1,500 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

A fine view of the inner courtyard of the Seraglio, Topkapi Palace, from Melling's grand work 'Voyage Pittoresque de Constantinople et des rives du Bosphore' Born in Lorraine in 1763, Antoine Ignace Melling, artist and voyager, was trained in architecture and painting. At the age of 19, he went to Constantinople as part of the Russian Ambassador's retinue. After successfully completing several commissions for Hatice Sultan, the sister of Selim III, which included the

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