Oil Painting – View Of Istanbul By Louis Lambert, 1905

A superb oil painting on canvas signed Louis S. Lambert and dated 1905, depicting a panoramic view of Istanbul with the majestic silhouettes of Hagia Sophia and the Blue Mosque overlooking the Bosphorus in the background. The work is part of the tradition of early 20th-century European Orientalist painting, a popular movement that illustrated exotic landscapes through the romanticized eyes of traveling artists. The energetic brushwork, warm palette, and controlled composition reflect a Belle Époque sensibility, akin to French landscape artists and topographers active between 1880 and 1920. The canvas is elegantly presented in a gilt carved wood frame, in a revisited Rococo style, in excellent condition. On the verso, an ink stamp representing an anchor is visible on the stretcher, probably related to a canvas supplier or a professional restorer.