Lot no. 157
HERMINE FREIIN ZWIEDINEK- SÜDENHORST (1837-1903)
LANDSCAPES OF LEBANON, BEIRUT, SMYRNA AND JANINA
Suite of 63 watercolours on paper, painted between 1860 and 1880, some monogrammed and dated, signed and situated in pen on the back.
A LOT OF 63 WATERCOLOURS ON PAPER, LANDSCAPES OF LEBANON, BEIRUT, SMYRNA, AND JANINA, BETWEEN 1860 AND 1880, SOME SIGNED, DATED AND LOCATED.
From 15,5 X 25,5 CM to 30 X 43 CM (From 6 1/8 X 10 1/16 IN. to 11 13/16 X 16 15/16 IN.)
NOTE
Hermine Freiin Zwiedinek-Südenhorst was the wife of the Austrian Julius Freiherr von Zwiedinek-Südenhorst who was, from 1863 to 1866, the first drogman (interpreter in the service of Europeans responsible for relations with the Near and Middle East) at the Consulate General in Smyrna, Vice-Consul in Janina in 1866, then Consul in Janina in 1869.
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Pictures credits: Contact organization
Arts of the Middle East and the Mediterranean
About the sale11/19/2024
Catalog
ASIAN AND ORIENTAL JEWELLERY AND ORNAMENTS - ORIENTALISM - ISLAMIC ART
75009 Paris - France