The Therapia off the Ortaköy Mosque in Istanbul
Themistokles von Eckenbrecher (Athen 1842 - Goslar 1921)
Lot-No. 87
Proceeds : 7.200 €
Oil/canvas, 75,5 x 50 cm, lo. ri. monogr. a. dat. TvE 06, on the stretcher inscribed 'Die Therapia auf dem Bosporus Ortaköy passierend', min. rest., unframed. - Built in 1902 the 'Therapia' served a Black Sea route for the Deutsche Levante-Linie, and since 1906, for the Norddeutscher Lloyd. - Berlin landscape a. marine painter. E. was pupil of Potsdam court painter G. Wegner a. took lessons with O. Achenbach in Düssedorf. Even for an artist he travelled unusually much, among others to Turkey, Egypt, Greece, Italy, Norway, Iceland a. England, he also visited the excavations of H. Schliemann in Troy.
Themistokles von Eckenbrecher: The Therapia off the Ortaköy Mosque in Istanbul
Themistokles von Eckenbrecher (Athen 1842 - Goslar 1921)
The Therapia off the Ortaköy Mosque in Istanbul
Lot-No. 87
Proceeds : 7.200 €
Oil/canvas, 75,5 x 50 cm, lo. ri. monogr. a. dat. TvE 06, on the stretcher inscribed 'Die Therapia auf dem Bosporus Ortaköy passierend', min. rest., unframed. - Built in 1902 the 'Therapia' served a Black Sea route for the Deutsche Levante-Linie, and since 1906, for the Norddeutscher Lloyd. - Berlin landscape a. marine painter. E. was pupil of Potsdam court painter G. Wegner a. took lessons with O. Achenbach in Düssedorf. Even for an artist he travelled unusually much, among others to Turkey, Egypt, Greece, Italy, Norway, Iceland a. England, he also visited the excavations of H. Schliemann in Troy.