Choadar, Servant of the Ambassador, Jean Baptiste Vanmour (workshop of), 1700 - 1737

Title(s)

Choadar, Servant of the Ambassador

Object type

• painting

Object number

SK-A-2032

Inscriptions / marks

• inscription: ‘Chezodax oft Ambassadeur’
• number: ‘14’

Description

Tchoadar, de dienaar van de ambassadeur. Ten voeten uit, staande voor een stenen muurtje.

Artist

• painter: Jean Baptiste Vanmour (workshop of)

Place

Istanboel

Dating

1700 - 1737

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

• canvas
• oil paint (paint)

Measurements

height 39.5 cm × width 30 cm

What

• official; civil servant; functionary (in general)
• head-gear: turban
• folk costume, regional costume

When

• 1726 - 1744

Where

• Turkije

Acquisition

transfer 1902

Copyright

Public domain

• An audience with the sultan : the 'Turkish' paintings of ambassador Cornelis Calkoen (1696-1764), Eveline Sint Nicolaas, p. 18, afb. 9
• Op bezoek bij de sultan : de 'Turkse' schilderijen van ambassadeur Cornelis Calkoen (1696-1764), Eveline Sint Nicolaas, p. 18, afb. 9
• Sultanlar, tüccarlar, ressamlar : Türk-Hollanda Iliskilerinin Baslangici = sultans, merchants, painters: the early years of Turkish-Dutch relations, R. Baris Kibris, p. 54, afb. 7; p. 120 (afb.)
• De ambassadeur, de sultan en de kunstenaar : op audiëntie in Istanbul, Eveline Sint Nicolaas
• Two perspectives on the tulip era : a collection of works from Rijksmuseum and Topkapi Palace Museum : Vanmour and Levnî, Gül Irepoglu, Günsel Renda, p. 16, afb. 21
• Mirjam Shatanawi, 'On the In-Betweenness of the Paintings of Jean Baptiste Vanmour (1671–1737) at the Rijksmuseum' in: Susanne Leeb en Nina Samuel (red.), Museums, Transculturality, and the Nation-State, Independent Academic Publishing 2022, p. 123-158.
• Renate Meijer en Günay Uslu, ‘Op bezoek bij de sultan : in de sporen van Cornelis Calkoen’, Rijksmuseum Kunstkrant 29 (2003) nr. 3, p. 4-7.