Constantinople, Fountain of Ahmed III

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Accession Nr.: D.4427.
Type: photograph
Artist/Maker:
Date of production:
1905–1906
Place of production:
Acquisition: collection of Dezső Bozóky
Materials/Techniques: hand-coloured stereo glass diapositive
Dimensions: height: 8.5 cm
width: 17 cm
Dezső Bozóky hand-coloured glass diapositive. From Dezső Bozóky's Photographic Collection: Constantinople (İstanbul). Built in 1729 and situated between the respective gates of Hagia Sophia and Topkapi Palace, the ornate fountain is a remarkable work of the Turkish Renaissance of the early eighteenth century, the so-called Tulip Period.