Product Description
A Mosque, 1872, Alberto Pasini, Italian. Historical artwork in public domain. Paintings by masters from the golden age of classical art. Pasini here depicts the Yeni Valide Mosque at Eminonu, Istanbul, an Ottoman structure completed in the early eighteenth century. Four women of the Imperial Household enter the mosque by a gateway that Pasini appropriated from another, much later, monument. It was painted two decades after Pasini befriended the artist Théodore Chassériau after arriving in Paris in 1851. When Chassériau was unable to accompany a diplomatic mission to Persia in 1855, Pasini went instead; it was the first of his numerous visits to the East. Title: A Mosque Artist: Alberto Pasini (Italian, Busseto 1826–1899 Cavoretto) Date: 1872 Medium: Oil on canvas Inscription: Signed and dated (lower left): A. Pasini. 1872. References on original Josephine L. Allen and Elizabeth E. Gardner. A Concise Catalogue of the European Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1954, p. 76. Anne Poulet in "Turquerie." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 26 (January 1968), pp. 238–39, no. 69, ill., notes that it was probably sketched during one of Pasini's trips to Constantinople and painted in Paris in 1872; remarks that Pasini's main interest is to show the city's atmosphere and its Muslim architecture. Designed for indoor use, custom stretched canvas prints are made from treated cotton - providing the smoothest of matte surfaces for exceptional design vividity. A combination of quality and durability, these hangings come with a lifelong color guarantee; there's significant confidence in their withstanding the test of time. On the backside, pre-installed hanging hardware ensures proper locking to walls.
Colors may vary slightly during the printing process.
.: 100% cotton fabric
.: Wooden frame
.: High image quality and detail
.: For indoor use
