Fête champêtre with Turkish Courtiers under a Tent, Jean Baptiste Vanmour, c. 1720 - c. 1737

oil on canvas, h 51.5cm × w 90cm More details

This painting gives a licentious image of the courtiers. At left two guards are smoking their pipe undisturbed, while behind them a party of people indulge in eating, drinking, music- and lovemaking.

Identification

Title(s)

Fête champêtre with Turkish Courtiers under a Tent
Feestende Turkse hovelingen voor een tent

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-2011

Description

Een groep feestende Turkse hovelingen bij een tent op het land vermaakt zich met drinken en liefdesspel. Op de voorgrond twee bewakers, rechts een muzikant.

Creation

Artist

painter: Jean Baptiste Vanmour

Dating

c. 1720 - c. 1737

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

Measurements

height 51.5 cm
width 90 cm

Subject

What

When

1726 - 1744

Where

Turkije

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

transferred 1902

Copyright

Public domain

Documentation

Jean Baptiste Vanmour, Seth A. Gopin, p. 125, afb. 123
Two perspectives on the tulip era, Günsel Renda, p. 43, afb. 56
De ambassadeur, de sultan en de kunstenaar, Eveline Sint Nicolaas
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.

Persistent URL

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