DE BRUYN

CONSTANTINOPOLIS

De BRUYN, Cornelis

1698, Delft

28 x 189 cm., Framed…

Spectacular panorama of Constantinople from de Bruyn’s 1698 travelogue of the Levent entitled “Reizen door de vermaardste Deelen van Klein Asia”. This panorama of what is now modern day Istanbul by de Bruyn, who was a Dutch landscape painter and traveller, was based on drawings done during his travels in the region in the years 1678 to 1685. It is richly decorated showing the Bosphorus with several sailing ships and smaller boats. Important buildings and locations in the city are identified using a numerical key and includes the Topkapi Palace, the Hagia Sophia, the Sultan Ahmet Mosque (popularly known as the Blue Mosque) and the Valide Sultan Mosque (also known as the New Mosque).