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Title

The Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos (Tower of the Winds) in Athens. The Acropolis in the background. The person standing at the entrance of the monument with his back turned is Seikh Mustafa, chief of the order of Whirling Dervishes, who used the monument as their tekije (dervish lodge). The image also depicts an woman from affluent family promenading with her daughters and maidservant.

Alternative Title

Vue de la Tour des Vents, dans l'état où elle est aujourd'hui, prise d'une croisée de la maison de Mudeerese Effendi.

Date

1808

Bibliographic Citation

STUART, James / REVETT, Nicholas. Les Antiquités d’Athènes, mesurées et dessinées par J. Stuart and N. Revett, peintres et architectes. Ouvrage traduit de l’Anglais, par L.F.F.…, vol. Ι, Paris, Firmin Didot, 1808.

Area/Place

Greece
Attica
Athens

Subject

Art and antiquities
Social sphere and everyday life

Collection

Hellenic Library - Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation

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