Lot 34: Giacomo Quarenghi (1744-1817)

Five views of Bender: A distant view of the city; The entrance to the city; The city walls; The city seen from a pontoon by the Dniestr; and The city seen from the banks of the Dniestr
inscribed 'Bender' (1-2), and with locations in Russian (3-5)
black chalk, grey ink and grey wash, on contemporary mounts
11 x 17 1/2 in. (27.9 x 44.5 cm.) and smaller (5)

Bender, known today as Tighina in Moldova, was founded in the 2nd Century at the confluence of the Dniestr and Bâc rivers. In the 16th Century Stefan cel Mare built a fortress which was conquered in 1538 by Suleiman the Magnificent who gave the settlement the Turkish name Bender. The town fell to the Russians during the Russo-Turkish War, 1806-1812, and remained in Russian hands until 1918.

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