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Robertson, James & Felice Beato
(1813-1888, 1832-1909)Funerary Khanqah of Sultan Barsbay

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Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts (Katalog nur online verfügbar)
Auktionsdatum 28.11.2026

Funerary Khanqah of Sultan Barsbay ("Mosquée d’Ayet Bey"), Cairo. 1858. Salted paper print. 25,2 x 19,8 cm. Signed "Robertson & Beato" in ink lower left; verso annotated "Mosquée du Ayet Bey", "23" and "EGYPTE".

This view belongs to the Robertson & Beato's Egyptian campaign of 1857-58, a foundational body of travel photography devoted to Cairo’s medieval Islamic monuments. Issued as individual views and in albums, such photographs brought the architectural complexity of the Mamluk funerary complexes to a European audience and established Robertson & Beato among the leading early photographers of the eastern Mediterranean.