Ambassador Cornelis Calkoen at his Audience with Sultan Ahmed III

• Ambassador Cornelis Calkoen in Audience with Sultan Ahmed III, 14 September 1727
• Ambassador Cornelis Calkoen at his Audience with Sultan Ahmed III

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The actual audience was held in the sultan’s private living quarters in the palace. After the meal with the grand vizier, Calkoen and his retinue were presented with kaftans as a sign of hospitality, but also to cover the clothing of the ‘non-believers’. Ahmed sits on a throne, with four princes next to him. Calkoen is giving a speech and will afterwards present his credentials to the sultan.

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.

painter: Jean Baptiste Vanmour

c. 1727 - c. 1730

olieverf op doek

• weight 10.8 kg
• height 90 cm x width 121 cm

Public domain

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.

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