Antoine Ignace Melling, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Antoine Ignace Melling

French painter

Date of Birth: 26-Apr-1763

Place of Birth: Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Date of Death: 25-Aug-1831

Profession: architect, painter

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Antoine Ignace Melling (27 April 1763 – November 1831) was a painter, architect and voyager who is counted among the “Levantine Artists”.
He is famous for his vedute of Constantinople, a town where he lived for 18 years.
He was imperial architect to Sultan Selim III and Hatice Sultan and later landscape painter to the Empress Josephine of France.
His most influential work is published as Voyage pittoresque de Constantinople et des rives du Bosphore. Melling's two given names are often written in hyphenated form as Antoine-Ignace.