Carl Wuttke - View of Cairo with the Southern Gate and City Walls (Bab Zuweila) - image-1

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Carl Wuttke - View of Cairo with the Southern Gate and City Walls (Bab Zuweila)

Auction 1221 - overview Cologne
20.05.2023, 16:00 - Old Masters & 19th Century Part II
Estimate: 3.000 € - 4.000 €
Result: 8.190 € (incl. premium)

Carl Wuttke

View of Cairo with the Southern Gate and City Walls (Bab Zuweila)

Oil on card. 48 x 32.5 cm.
Signed lower right: C. Wuttke.

The Bab Zuweila city gate, located in the south of Cairo, was built around 1091/1092 in the Byzantine style in connection with the rebuilding of the city wall. Above the gateway is a loggia where musicians used to announce the ruler. The view through the gateway falls on one of the minarets of the al-Azhar Mosque.