Artwork
Yediküle with a Muslim Cemetery, Constantinople
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Yediküle with a Muslim Cemetery, Constantinople is a watercolor work on paper by the Romanticist artist Michel-François Préaulx [Préaux]. It dates from 1810 and is held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
About this work
Overview
Yediküle with a Muslim Cemetery, Constantinople is a watercolour painting by Michel-François Préaulx, created in 1810. It depicts a serene scene of the Yediküle fortress set against a Muslim cemetery in Constantinople.
Subject & Meaning
The painting shows the Yediküle fortress, with a weathered stone wall, tower, and ruins. A cemetery in the foreground contains scattered, weathered gravestones, with a few figures resting, talking, or walking among them.
Technique & Style
The watercolour is characterised by muted grays and blues, with touches of green and earthy brown. The scene is rendered in a detailed and quiet manner, with tall, thin trees lining the left side and a pale sky above.
History & Provenance
The watercolour was later reproduced as an aquatint plate in Charles Pertusier's 1817 *Atlas des promenades pittoresques dans Constantinople et sur les rives du Bosphore*.
Artist & collection
Artist
Michel-François Préaulx [Préaux]
Michel-François Préaulx painted Constantinople’s skylines in soft watercolours around 1800-1820.











