Gezicht op de entree van de moskee Aya Sophia te Constantinopel Prospect bey dem prächtigen Tempel, so vom Kayser Justiniano zu Constantinopel erbauet worden, RP-P-OB-208.184, Georg Balthasar Probst, between 1742 and 1801
Identification title(s): view of the entrance to the aya sophia mosque in constantinople. Prospect of these beautiful temples, so that kayser justiniano will be built in constantinople. Object type: optics print object number: rp-p-ob-208. 184. Manufacture. Manufacturer: publisher: georg balthasar probst (possibly), printmaker: anonymous. Place of manufacture: publisher: augsburg, printmaker: germany. Dating: 1742 - 1801. Physical characteristics: colored, cut and perforated etching pasted on cardboard; prepared paper and brush in colors on the verso. Material: paper cardboard prepared paper watercolor topcoat technique: etching / brush / cutting / perforating. Dimensions: sheet: h 315 mm (cut off) × w 452 mm (cut off) explanation possibly numbered at the top right: 219. Possibly numbered at the bottom left: 54. The series “constantinople”, number 54, contains four prints with numbers 217-220, of which this is possibly number 219. Subject: what: temple, shrine ~ islam, mohammedanismstreet (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage). Where. Aya sophia. Constantinople. Acquisition: unknown 2016. Date: between 1742 and 1801.