# View of Istanbul

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## Artwork

- Artist: [VERVLOET, Frans](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vervloet-frans-rd40bfb81a481b1>)
- Date: 1801-1850
- Technique: Oil on paper laid down on canvas, 39 x 59 cm

## Commentary

Vervloet made a number of excursions to Turkey where he produced both views and recorded scenes of everyday life. This luminous painting depicts fishermen and animals along the shore on the outskirts of Istanbul while, in the distance at right, Topkapi Palace and the dome and minarets of Hagia Sophia can be seen.

## Related artworks

- [View of Piazza San Marco, Venice](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vervloet-frans-rd40bfb81a481b1/view-of-piazza-san-marco-venice-racf6b3a201f85c>)
- [View of the Palazzo Ducale and the Riva degli Schiavoni, Venice](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vervloet-frans-rd40bfb81a481b1/view-of-the-palazzo-ducale-and-the-riva-degli-schiavoni-venice-rb26a124ed67312>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)