Felix Bonfils "hagia Sophia, Constantinople" Circa 1875 Vintage Albumen Print Photograph

Vintage albumen print, circa 1875. Interior of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople (Istanbul). A very fine albumen print capturing the interior of Hagia Sophia. The photograph highlights the grandeur of the Byzantine architecture, adorned with medallions calligraphed in Ottoman script. Hagia Sophia presents a unique blend of Byzantine architecture and Ottoman furnishings, with an interior decoration largely Islamized, but retaining traces of its Christian past. Felix Bonfils was a French photographer (1831–1885). He learned photography from Niepce de Saint-Victor, nephew of Nicéphore Niepce. He opened his photographic studio in 1867 in Beirut, Lebanon, where he specialized in architecture and landscapes of Egypt, Palestine, Syria, and Greece. Image size: 21.7 x 28.3 cm. Mat size: 40 x 50 cm. Link to the website: https://www.lavalisearlesienne.com/product-page/felix-bonfils-1831-1885-cath%C3%A9drale-sainte-sophie-constantinople-circa-1875