Depicting “Ali Pasha and kira Vasiliki”. Charcoal pencil & chalk on paper.
After Raymond Auguste Quinsac de Monvoisin ( French, 1794-1870).
Dimensions of work 38X27cm. Framed, 55X44cm. Second quarter of the 19th century. — Ali Pasha, one of the most influential personalities of the 18th century was of Albania origin. He maintained diplomatic relations with the most important European leaders and his court became a point of attraction for many of those restless minds who were to evolve into major figures of the Greek Revolution (Georgios Karaiskakis, Odysseas Androutsos and Markos Botsaris).