Artwork
Koutaya. (Asie Mineure)
Koutaya. (Asie Mineure) is a watercolor work on paper by the Romanticist artist Alexander Matwjejewitsch Dorogoff. It dates from 1848 and is held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. Koutaya.
About this work
Overview
Koutaya. (Asie Mineure) is a watercolour by Alexander Matwjejewitsch Dorogoff, created in 1848. It depicts a serene village scene.
Subject & Meaning
The scene shows a village with old stone houses, wooden balconies, and a small church or chapel. Figures walk along a dirt path, some accompanied by horses, under a warm, gentle light.
Technique & Style
Dorogoff employed soft browns and grays to achieve a faded, dreamy effect, evoking a sense of late afternoon tranquility.
History & Provenance
The watercolour was later reproduced in Pierre de Tchihatcheff's atlas Asie Mineure. It was once owned by Walter T. Spencer before being acquired by Rodney Searight.
Artist & collection
Artist
Alexander Matwjejewitsch Dorogoff
Alexander Dorogoff painted delicate watercolors of distant places in the 1840s. He left two small but precise scenes: a quiet street scene titled Pera from 1847 and a view of the Asian side of Izmir called Koutaya that…
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