Lot 170. Stanislaw CHLEBOWSKI (1835-1884). Portrait of Sultan Abdülaziz, c. 1875. Miniature on oval ivory. Signed on the left. Annotated on the back: “Miroslaw Celk (?)”. 11 x 8.5 cm. Estimate €800 – 1,000. Ader. 09/30/25. Sold €5,400

 Stanisław Chlebowski arrived in Turkey in 1864. Charged with studying landscapes with a view to depicting scenes from the Polish-Turkish war, he came to the attention of the Grand Vizier Fuad Pasha, who recommended him to Sultan Abdülaziz. The artist was also supported by Mehmet Sadyk Pasha (Michal Czajkowski), a Pole commanding the Cossacks in the Ottoman Empire. Until 1870, the Sultan commissioned several works from him, before appointing him court painter. Chlebowski produced several ivory portraits of Abdülaziz, which the latter sent to various European sovereigns. Inspired by a photograph of the Abdullah brothers, the artist systematically depicted the sultan from the front, in a decorated military uniform. One of these miniatures is in the Albertina Museum in Vienna (no. 34663), another in the National Museum in Warsaw (inv. Min.546 MNW). Bibliography : WÓJCIK Agata, Nadworny Farbiarz Jego Sułtańskiej Mości. Życie i twórczość, Warszawa 2016. [sztuka polska, Polish art].

Rzadkość, bo to nie tylko praca Stanisława Chlebowskiego lecz jest w dodatku miniatura jego ręki. Nic nie szkodzi, że to jest portret Turka, choć szkoda, że nie jest to portret Michała Czajkowskiego, czyli Sadyka Paszy.