JEAN BRINDESI - ELBICEI ATIKA MUSEE DES ANCIENS CONTUMES TURC DE CONSTANTINOPLE

A LARGE-FORMAT ALBUM OF 22 COLOR LITHOGRAPHS BY JEAN BRINDESI, ONE OF THE PROMINENT REPRESENTATIVES OF 19TH-CENTURY ORIENTALIST ART, SHOWCASING THE CEREMONIAL COSTUMES OF THE OTTOMAN PROTOCOL IN METICULOUS DETAIL… IN THIS MASTERPIECE, WHICH FURTHER CONTRIBUTED TO THE WEST’S INCREASING INTEREST AND RESPECT FOR OTTOMAN CULTURE, BRINDESI PRESENTED THE IMPERIAL ROBE OF THE SULTAN, THE ELEGANT KAFTANS OF THE VIZIERS AND GRAND VIZIERS, THE MAGNIFICENT MILITARY UNIFORMS OF THE JANISSARIES, AND VARIOUS SOCIAL GROUPS OF THE EMPIRE, INCLUDING TRADE GUILDS, RELIGIOUS LEADERS, AND MEMBERS OF THE PALACE, WITH THEIR UNIQUE COSTUMES AND TYPOLOGICAL FEATURES WITH THIS EXTRAORDINARY WORK, BRINDESI EARNED RECOGNITION NOT ONLY AS A TRAVELER WHO ADMIRER THE EAST BUT ALSO AS A CAREFUL OBSERVER AND DISCIPLINED ARTIST.

Estimate: 9.021 USD - 12.887 USD