Lot 85
Ottoman Empire.- Conversion to Islam.- Alophe (Marie-Alexandre), Circle of. Portrait of Omar Pasha, also known as Omer Pasha Latas (1806-1871), oil on canvas, [c. 1850s]
Hammer Price: £2,600
Description
Ottoman Empire.- Conversion to Islam.- Alophe (Marie-Alexandre, 1812-1883), Circle of. Portrait of Omar Pasha, also known as Omer Pasha Latas (1806-1871), oil on canvas, fixed onto original convex oval glass, 430 x 355 mm (16 7/8 x 14 in), some signs of minor craquelure and surface stains, ornate gilt oval frame, [circa 1850s]
Engraved:
cf. Marie Alexandre Alophe, S.E. Omer pacha. Général en chef de l'armée de Roum-ily, novembre 1853, published by Goupil & Cie
Provenance:
Purchased from the UK trade probably circa 1980s;
Private collection, UK
⁂ Traditionally thought to be a portrait of Major-General Charles George "Chinese" Gordon (1833-1885), however there are a number of lithographic portraits that sustain the identification of Pasha as the sitter. Born in Austria to Serbian Orthodox Christian parents, he initially served as an Austrian soldier. Following charges of embezzlement he fled to Ottoman Bosnia in 1823 and converted to Islam; he subsequently worked his way through the Ottoman military to become supreme commander of the Turkish army, and military governor of Constantinople.
Description
Ottoman Empire.- Conversion to Islam.- Alophe (Marie-Alexandre, 1812-1883), Circle of. Portrait of Omar Pasha, also known as Omer Pasha Latas (1806-1871), oil on canvas, fixed onto original convex oval glass, 430 x 355 mm (16 7/8 x 14 in), some signs of minor craquelure and surface stains, ornate gilt oval frame, [circa 1850s]
Engraved:
cf. Marie Alexandre Alophe, S.E. Omer pacha. Général en chef de l'armée de Roum-ily, novembre 1853, published by Goupil & Cie
Provenance:
Purchased from the UK trade probably circa 1980s;
Private collection, UK
⁂ Traditionally thought to be a portrait of Major-General Charles George "Chinese" Gordon (1833-1885), however there are a number of lithographic portraits that sustain the identification of Pasha as the sitter. Born in Austria to Serbian Orthodox Christian parents, he initially served as an Austrian soldier. Following charges of embezzlement he fled to Ottoman Bosnia in 1823 and converted to Islam; he subsequently worked his way through the Ottoman military to become supreme commander of the Turkish army, and military governor of Constantinople.
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