Painter Irakli Toidze (1902-1985) of Georgian origin like Iosef Stalin moved from Tbilisi to Mosc... more Painter Irakli Toidze (1902-1985) of Georgian origin like Iosef Stalin moved from Tbilisi to Moscow in 1932 to create important Soviet propaganda posters during the rule of Stalin up to his death in 1953, and continued creating drawings that were approved for the production of posters until the end of the Cold War in 1985, year when the artist died.
PANORAMIC DRAWING OF GIUSEPPE FOSSATI FROM A MINARET OF AYASOFYA (HAGIA SOPHIA), 2023
The story of a recently discovered panoramic drawing of Istanbul by Giuseppe Fossati, who was the... more The story of a recently discovered panoramic drawing of Istanbul by Giuseppe Fossati, who was the younger brother of Gaspare Fossati.. Fossati brothers were comissioned by Sultan Abdülmecid to restore Ayasofya ( Aysa Sofya, Santa Sophia). An assessment of Fossati brohers’ visual art…
Pierre Loti et les Silhouttes de Hassan - Portraits avant la II. Constiution, 2017
Caricatures made by a french naval officer on duty, in Constantinople-Istanbul, on a stationary b... more Caricatures made by a french naval officer on duty, in Constantinople-Istanbul, on a stationary boat, alias Hassan, drawn between the years 1905-1906. The caricatures (silhouettes) are of real personalities living in the capital composed of Imperial officers, ambassadors, foreign generals, bankers, businessmen etc… All names cited in the catalogue existed, however, due to lack of information mis-matching of some names and unidentified characters exist. Studies are being made to correct the eventual mis-matchings of names and out-veil the unidentified persons.
Foreward by Philip Mansel. Life of Ottoman Court painter Fausto Zonaro and his recently discovere... more Foreward by Philip Mansel. Life of Ottoman Court painter Fausto Zonaro and his recently discovered works, as well as his masterpieces that add documentary valıe to the later years of the Ottoman Empire.
LETTRES DE GHITA (MALGORZATA RAAD ZAKRZEWSKA) A AMEDEE GIRARDI ENTRE 1942-1963. COURTES HISTOIRE ... more LETTRES DE GHITA (MALGORZATA RAAD ZAKRZEWSKA) A AMEDEE GIRARDI ENTRE 1942-1963. COURTES HISTOIRE DES FAMILLES MARCOPOLI, GIRARDI, MAKZUME ET RAAD.
At the service of Sultan Abdülhamid II - Selim Melhame Paşa and Family
Selim Melhame Family in I... more At the service of Sultan Abdülhamid II - Selim Melhame Paşa and Family
Selim Melhame Family in Istanbul
Necip Melhame Paşa
Romei-Longhena Paşa
Other brothers of Selim Melhame
Un document géo-politique du Baron Haussmann, écrit de Pera Istanbul, le 12 mai 1873, pendant qu’... more Un document géo-politique du Baron Haussmann, écrit de Pera Istanbul, le 12 mai 1873, pendant qu’il était en mission en Turquie, pour obtenir plusieurs concessions importants de l’Empire Ottoman.
Adolphe Thalasso hakkında yeni bulgular. Thalasso'nun hazırladığı ve Fausto Zonaro'nun eserleriyl... more Adolphe Thalasso hakkında yeni bulgular. Thalasso'nun hazırladığı ve Fausto Zonaro'nun eserleriyle süslediği Der-i Seadet (Stamboul Porte du Bonheur) kitabının, yazar tarafından Zonaro'ya sunulan ilk taslak manuscriptler.
FICAC’s (World Federation of Consuls) Women Artists Exhibition & Auction catalogue, February 2023... more FICAC’s (World Federation of Consuls) Women Artists Exhibition & Auction catalogue, February 2023. Healing messages of international women artists, their works and cv’s. Messages of FICAC President, President Emeritus and other members of the federation.
The reigning Grand Duke of Tuscany Francesco Stefano (Francis 1 - The Holy Roman Emperor) after t... more The reigning Grand Duke of Tuscany Francesco Stefano (Francis 1 - The Holy Roman Emperor) after the restoration of peace, in an effort to promote trade and diplomatic relations between Tuscany and the Ottoman Empire, in 9 January 1750, approved the deployment of three Imperial warships. The ships called “Alerione”, “Aquila” and “Leone” were disarmed at Portoferraio, a port in Elba Island. The fleet departed, with some delay, from Livorno in the direction of Constantinople, on August 13th 1750….
1896 yılında Sultan II. Abdülhamid!in saray ressamlığı görevine atanmadan önce İtalyan ressam Fau... more 1896 yılında Sultan II. Abdülhamid!in saray ressamlığı görevine atanmadan önce İtalyan ressam Fausto Zonaro (1854-1929) , İstanbul!u mahalle mahalle gezme fırsatını bulmuş "Açık Havada Berberler", "Kayığa Binerken", "Arzuhalciler", "Muhallebici", "Selami Ali Efendi Haziresi" adlı önemli eserlere imza atmıştı. Aynı yıl, kendisini saray ressamı ünvanına getirecek olan "Ertuğrul Süvari Alayı'nın Galata Köprüsü'nden Geçişi" adlı eseri de tamamlamaya çalışıyordu.
Selim Nassi est un poete et ecrivain d’origine juif vivant a Istanbul. Des son jeune age il écri... more Selim Nassi est un poete et ecrivain d’origine juif vivant a Istanbul. Des son jeune age il écrit des poemes patriotiques, pendant les périodes avant et aprés la déclaration de la Deuxieme Constitution Ottomane en 1908. Plus tard il decida de s’installer en Iran ou il deviendra enseignant.
Dr. Cyrus Hamlin and the manuscript presented to him prior his departure from Istanbul in 1873, 2022
Dr. Cyrus Hamlin was an American missionary who established the first American College outside th... more Dr. Cyrus Hamlin was an American missionary who established the first American College outside the United States: Robert College in Istanbul. Prior to his departure from Istanbul a manuscript booklet was presented, praising his accomplishments during the 33 years he spent in the Ottoman Empire capital. Though a missionary he was a secular administrator of the college…
DUCHATEAU'NUN FIRÇASINDAN 28. SULTAN III. SELİM'İN (1761-1808) BEŞİNCİ PORTRESİ, 2021
Sultan III. Selim’i şehzadelik döneminde ve tahta atandıktan sonra ilk betimleyen sanatçı Jean-Fr... more Sultan III. Selim’i şehzadelik döneminde ve tahta atandıktan sonra ilk betimleyen sanatçı Jean-François Duchateau idi. Duchateau III. Selim’in 5 portresini İstanbul’da gerçekleştirmiştir.
Sanatsever Léon Orosdi ve Orosdi Back Mağazalar Zinciri ( Art lover Léon Orosdi and the Orosdi Back Store Chain), 2021
The story of Léon Orosdi, a businessman and art collectioner. The success of Orosdi Back chain st... more The story of Léon Orosdi, a businessman and art collectioner. The success of Orosdi Back chain stores with over 25 stores in Europe and the Ottoman Empire (later Turkey and the Middle East).
Batı Anadolu ve Irak’ta yaşayan 19. yüzyıl oryantalist ressam ve fotoğrafçı.
Orientalist painter ... more Batı Anadolu ve Irak’ta yaşayan 19. yüzyıl oryantalist ressam ve fotoğrafçı. Orientalist painter and photographer who lived in East Anatolia and Iraq.
Cem Sultan’s exile period when he had to leave Turkey and was kept in surveyance in Rhodes, Franc... more Cem Sultan’s exile period when he had to leave Turkey and was kept in surveyance in Rhodes, France and Italy. His older brother Sultan II. Bayezit at the head of the Ottoman Empire feared that the return of his brother would endanger his reign. About the story of an emerald with the true portrait of Christ… offered by Sultan II. Bayazit to Pope Innocent VIII requesting him to confine him in Vatican City…
Painter Irakli Toidze (1902-1985) of Georgian origin like Iosef Stalin moved from Tbilisi to Mosc... more Painter Irakli Toidze (1902-1985) of Georgian origin like Iosef Stalin moved from Tbilisi to Moscow in 1932 to create important Soviet propaganda posters during the rule of Stalin up to his death in 1953, and continued creating drawings that were approved for the production of posters until the end of the Cold War in 1985, year when the artist died.
PANORAMIC DRAWING OF GIUSEPPE FOSSATI FROM A MINARET OF AYASOFYA (HAGIA SOPHIA), 2023
The story of a recently discovered panoramic drawing of Istanbul by Giuseppe Fossati, who was the... more The story of a recently discovered panoramic drawing of Istanbul by Giuseppe Fossati, who was the younger brother of Gaspare Fossati.. Fossati brothers were comissioned by Sultan Abdülmecid to restore Ayasofya ( Aysa Sofya, Santa Sophia). An assessment of Fossati brohers’ visual art…
Pierre Loti et les Silhouttes de Hassan - Portraits avant la II. Constiution, 2017
Caricatures made by a french naval officer on duty, in Constantinople-Istanbul, on a stationary b... more Caricatures made by a french naval officer on duty, in Constantinople-Istanbul, on a stationary boat, alias Hassan, drawn between the years 1905-1906. The caricatures (silhouettes) are of real personalities living in the capital composed of Imperial officers, ambassadors, foreign generals, bankers, businessmen etc… All names cited in the catalogue existed, however, due to lack of information mis-matching of some names and unidentified characters exist. Studies are being made to correct the eventual mis-matchings of names and out-veil the unidentified persons.
Foreward by Philip Mansel. Life of Ottoman Court painter Fausto Zonaro and his recently discovere... more Foreward by Philip Mansel. Life of Ottoman Court painter Fausto Zonaro and his recently discovered works, as well as his masterpieces that add documentary valıe to the later years of the Ottoman Empire.
LETTRES DE GHITA (MALGORZATA RAAD ZAKRZEWSKA) A AMEDEE GIRARDI ENTRE 1942-1963. COURTES HISTOIRE ... more LETTRES DE GHITA (MALGORZATA RAAD ZAKRZEWSKA) A AMEDEE GIRARDI ENTRE 1942-1963. COURTES HISTOIRE DES FAMILLES MARCOPOLI, GIRARDI, MAKZUME ET RAAD.
At the service of Sultan Abdülhamid II - Selim Melhame Paşa and Family
Selim Melhame Family in I... more At the service of Sultan Abdülhamid II - Selim Melhame Paşa and Family
Selim Melhame Family in Istanbul
Necip Melhame Paşa
Romei-Longhena Paşa
Other brothers of Selim Melhame
Un document géo-politique du Baron Haussmann, écrit de Pera Istanbul, le 12 mai 1873, pendant qu’... more Un document géo-politique du Baron Haussmann, écrit de Pera Istanbul, le 12 mai 1873, pendant qu’il était en mission en Turquie, pour obtenir plusieurs concessions importants de l’Empire Ottoman.
Adolphe Thalasso hakkında yeni bulgular. Thalasso'nun hazırladığı ve Fausto Zonaro'nun eserleriyl... more Adolphe Thalasso hakkında yeni bulgular. Thalasso'nun hazırladığı ve Fausto Zonaro'nun eserleriyle süslediği Der-i Seadet (Stamboul Porte du Bonheur) kitabının, yazar tarafından Zonaro'ya sunulan ilk taslak manuscriptler.
FICAC’s (World Federation of Consuls) Women Artists Exhibition & Auction catalogue, February 2023... more FICAC’s (World Federation of Consuls) Women Artists Exhibition & Auction catalogue, February 2023. Healing messages of international women artists, their works and cv’s. Messages of FICAC President, President Emeritus and other members of the federation.
The reigning Grand Duke of Tuscany Francesco Stefano (Francis 1 - The Holy Roman Emperor) after t... more The reigning Grand Duke of Tuscany Francesco Stefano (Francis 1 - The Holy Roman Emperor) after the restoration of peace, in an effort to promote trade and diplomatic relations between Tuscany and the Ottoman Empire, in 9 January 1750, approved the deployment of three Imperial warships. The ships called “Alerione”, “Aquila” and “Leone” were disarmed at Portoferraio, a port in Elba Island. The fleet departed, with some delay, from Livorno in the direction of Constantinople, on August 13th 1750….
1896 yılında Sultan II. Abdülhamid!in saray ressamlığı görevine atanmadan önce İtalyan ressam Fau... more 1896 yılında Sultan II. Abdülhamid!in saray ressamlığı görevine atanmadan önce İtalyan ressam Fausto Zonaro (1854-1929) , İstanbul!u mahalle mahalle gezme fırsatını bulmuş "Açık Havada Berberler", "Kayığa Binerken", "Arzuhalciler", "Muhallebici", "Selami Ali Efendi Haziresi" adlı önemli eserlere imza atmıştı. Aynı yıl, kendisini saray ressamı ünvanına getirecek olan "Ertuğrul Süvari Alayı'nın Galata Köprüsü'nden Geçişi" adlı eseri de tamamlamaya çalışıyordu.
Selim Nassi est un poete et ecrivain d’origine juif vivant a Istanbul. Des son jeune age il écri... more Selim Nassi est un poete et ecrivain d’origine juif vivant a Istanbul. Des son jeune age il écrit des poemes patriotiques, pendant les périodes avant et aprés la déclaration de la Deuxieme Constitution Ottomane en 1908. Plus tard il decida de s’installer en Iran ou il deviendra enseignant.
Dr. Cyrus Hamlin and the manuscript presented to him prior his departure from Istanbul in 1873, 2022
Dr. Cyrus Hamlin was an American missionary who established the first American College outside th... more Dr. Cyrus Hamlin was an American missionary who established the first American College outside the United States: Robert College in Istanbul. Prior to his departure from Istanbul a manuscript booklet was presented, praising his accomplishments during the 33 years he spent in the Ottoman Empire capital. Though a missionary he was a secular administrator of the college…
DUCHATEAU'NUN FIRÇASINDAN 28. SULTAN III. SELİM'İN (1761-1808) BEŞİNCİ PORTRESİ, 2021
Sultan III. Selim’i şehzadelik döneminde ve tahta atandıktan sonra ilk betimleyen sanatçı Jean-Fr... more Sultan III. Selim’i şehzadelik döneminde ve tahta atandıktan sonra ilk betimleyen sanatçı Jean-François Duchateau idi. Duchateau III. Selim’in 5 portresini İstanbul’da gerçekleştirmiştir.
Sanatsever Léon Orosdi ve Orosdi Back Mağazalar Zinciri ( Art lover Léon Orosdi and the Orosdi Back Store Chain), 2021
The story of Léon Orosdi, a businessman and art collectioner. The success of Orosdi Back chain st... more The story of Léon Orosdi, a businessman and art collectioner. The success of Orosdi Back chain stores with over 25 stores in Europe and the Ottoman Empire (later Turkey and the Middle East).
Batı Anadolu ve Irak’ta yaşayan 19. yüzyıl oryantalist ressam ve fotoğrafçı.
Orientalist painter ... more Batı Anadolu ve Irak’ta yaşayan 19. yüzyıl oryantalist ressam ve fotoğrafçı. Orientalist painter and photographer who lived in East Anatolia and Iraq.
Cem Sultan’s exile period when he had to leave Turkey and was kept in surveyance in Rhodes, Franc... more Cem Sultan’s exile period when he had to leave Turkey and was kept in surveyance in Rhodes, France and Italy. His older brother Sultan II. Bayezit at the head of the Ottoman Empire feared that the return of his brother would endanger his reign. About the story of an emerald with the true portrait of Christ… offered by Sultan II. Bayazit to Pope Innocent VIII requesting him to confine him in Vatican City…
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Orientalist painter and photographer who lived in East Anatolia and Iraq.
Selim Melhame Family in Istanbul
Necip Melhame Paşa
Romei-Longhena Paşa
Other brothers of Selim Melhame
Orientalist painter and photographer who lived in East Anatolia and Iraq.