Ali Pasha and Kira Vassiliki
Ali Pasha and Kira Vassiliki c1844 by German Painter Paul Emil Jacobs (1802 – 1866); þekktur fyrir listrænar nektarmyndir, portrettmyndir og málverk með austurlenskum þema.
This is one of two versions depicting a scene that shows Ali Pasha (1740 – 1822) an Ottoman Albanian ruler who served as Pasha (a title that is similar to a knighthood) of a large part of the Ottoman Empire’s European territories, that were known as Western Rumelia.
Sitting by his side is Lady Vassiliki (1789 – 1834), who was an influential Greek woman brought up in the seraglio (harem in an Ottoman palace) of the Ottoman ruler Ali Pasha; whom he married in 1808.
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Paul was born in 1802 the the philologist (someone who studies the history of languages) Frederick Jacobs and began his artistic training at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts; and first gained recognition for his classical mythology painting of Mercury and Argus.
Á aldrinum 22 hann ferðaðist til Rómar og öðlaðist frægð fyrir málverk sitt The Raising of Lazarus; og inn 1836 hann gerði röð sögulegra málverka á Welfenschloss (hluti af garðinum mikla) í Hannover; höfuðborg og stærsta borg þýska fylkisins Neðra-Saxland.
Paul var vel þekktur fyrir leikni sína í nektarmyndum, Orientalísk málverk hans og portrett hans.