MARKET DAY
Alberto Pasini
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- MARKET DAY
Alberto Pasini
1826 - 1899
ITALIAN
oil on canvas
48 by 72.5cm., 19 by 28½in.
LOT SOLD. 482,500 GBP in 2013
Market Day is a rich example of Pasini’s carefully observed, naturalistic market scenes, painted when the artist was at the height of his career. Pasini expertly captures the bustle and diversity of the setting, letting the eye wander across the rhythmically arranged groupings. The work exemplifies the artist’s reputation as both a fine draughtsman and meticulous colourist, the figures captured precisely, almost photographically, and with the brilliant blues, golds, and pinks of the ladies’ dresses in the foreground contrasting against the darker colours of the figures in the background.
Mercato turco – or A Turkish Market – is one of the titles by which the present work has been known. Pasini first travelled to Constantinople on his landmark journey to the East accompanying Prosper Bourré in 1855, which began his career as an Orientalist painter. He returned to the city again in 1867, in that year receiving a commission from Sultan Abdul Mecit for two paintings now in the Dolmabahçe Palace, and stayed until 1869. In the present work Pasini deploys his observations of life in the East: ladies in their veils, traders both negotiating deals and awaiting customers, riders with their mounts, and men playing a board game – all have been brought together from across the Ottoman empire by trade.
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