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DE BRUYN
- SCUTARI – SERAGLIO DI CONSTANTINOPOLI
Cornelis DE BRUYN
Antique print, titled: ‘Scutari – Serraglio di Constantinopoli’ – Very large view of Constantinople, Istanbul or Constantinopel, Turkey by Corneille le Brun. The print depicts a panoramic view of Istanbul / Constantinople and Scutari / Uskudar and is decorated with a variety of sailing ships.
This scarse plate originates from: ‘Voyage au Levant c’est a dire dans les principaux endroits de l’Asie Mineure dans les Isles de Chio, de Rhodes, de Chypre &c., de meme que dans les plus considerables villes d’Egypte, de Syrie, et de la Terre Sainte…’, by Corneille le Brun (Cornelis de Bruyn), published by Henri de Kroonevelt, Delft, 1700. First edition in French, first published in Dutch in1698 (‘Reizen…door de vermaardste Deelen van Klein Asia….’) In 1702 an English edition appeared as well.
Artists and Engravers: Made by ‘Cornelis de Bruyn’ after an anonymous artist. Cornelis de Bruijn (also spelled Cornelius de Bruyn, pronounced (1652 – 1726/7) was a Dutch artist and traveler. He made two large tours and published illustrated books with his observations of people, buildings, plants and animals. Best known as a landscape artist, Le Bruyn travelled widely from a young age to Vienna, on to Rome then to Smyrna, Constantinople, Egypt, Jerusalem, Syria, Lebanon, and Turkey. Everywhere he went Le Bruyn depicted the scenes around him, he was especially interested in places of antiquity or historic interest, and his are the first images of the interior of a pyramid and Jerusalem to be widely available to Westerners. After an eight-year stay in Venice, Le Bruyn returned to The Hague in 1693 to publish this first book. From 1701 he started a second journey into Russia, Persia…
- Date: 1698
- Technic: Engraving / etching.
- Image size: 100,50 X 29,50 cm.
2. CONSTANTINOPOLEN (with Galata and Pera)
Cornelis DE BRUYN
Delft, 1698
96,50 x 30,50 cm.
Striking view of Istabul from De Bruyn’s Reizen van Cornelis de Bruyn . . . .
This incredible panoramic view gives a spectacular image of Istanbul, the great capital of the Ottoman Empire.
The Dutch painter and traveler, Cornelius de Bruyn, traveled to Constantinople and the empire between 1677 and 1684. All the spires, minarets, mosques and especially the Aya Sophia are depicted here and the Bosphorus is filled with a variety of ships and boats. De Bruyn’s account of his travels through the Ottoman empire between 1677 & 1684 was profusely illustrated with engravings made from his drawings and sketches, which are noted for their objectivity and exactness. Printed on 2 joined sheets, as issued.
Cornelis De Bruyn Biography:
Cornelis de Bruyn , 1652-c.1726 was a Dutch portrait painter and traveler.
De Bruyn painted for some years in Italy, where he was known, in Rome, as Adonis. Bruyn is remembered chiefly for the records of his extensive travels in Egypt, Persia, India, and other countries, illustrated with his own designs. (BLR-BARRY LAWRENCE RUDERMAN)
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