LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

31.50 in. (80.00 cm.) (height) by 23.62 in. (60.00 cm.) (width)

Edition:

We are grateful to Dr. Edhem Eldem for his assistance in cataloguing this work.

Markings:

signed and dated Hamdy Bey 1890 lower left

Exhibited:

Paris, XIe Biennale Internationale des Antiquaires, 1982; New York, Waldorf-Astoria, Fine Art of the Netherlands, 1982; Sydney, The Art Gallery of New South Wales; Auckland, Auckland Art Gallery, Orientalism: Delacroix to Klee, 1997-98, no. 48, illustrated in the catalogue

Literature:

Patrick & Viviane Berko, Philippe Cruysmans, Peinture Orientaliste, Brussels, 1982, pp. 132-33, catalogued & illustrated; Caroline Juler, Najd Collection of Orientalist Paintings, London, 1991, p. 171, catalogued & illustrated; Mustafa Cezar, Sanatta Bat?'ya Aç?l?? ve Osman Hamdi, 1995, vol. II, p. 727, catalogued & illustrated (as Bursa'da Ye?il Cami'de); Edhem Eldem, Osman Hamdi Bey Sözlü?ü, Kültür ve Turizm Bakanl??? Yay?nlar?, Ankara, 2010, p. 277, catalogued & illustrated (as Ye?il Cami'de / Kuran Dersi); pp. 496-97, a detail of the calligraphy panel discussed and illustrated

Provenance:

Private collection; Sale: Van Ham, Cologne, 24 March 1982, lot 1706; Berko Gallery, Knokke-Heist, Belgium (purchased at the above sale); Purchased from the above