The Capon Aghassi, Chief of the White Eunuchs of the Sultan, Jean Baptiste Vanmour (workshop of), 1700 - 1737

Title(s)

The Capon Aghassi, Chief of the White Eunuchs of the Sultan

Object type

• painting

Object number

SK-A-2020

Inscriptions / marks

• inscription: ‘Kamerdienaar van den G. Heer. Ferriol no. 5, G. Scotin sc.’
• number: ‘8’

Description

De Capou Aghassi, hoofd der witte eunuchen en intendant van de dienaren van de huishouding van de sultan. Staande, ten voeten uit, met uitgestoken linkerarm.

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 31.5 cm

What

• royal household; courtiers, retinue, train
• historical persons not known by name

When

• 1726 - 1744

Where

• Turkije

Acquisition

transferred 1902

Copyright

Public domain

• Sultanlar, tüccarlar, ressamlar : Türk-Hollanda Iliskilerinin Baslangici = sultans, merchants, painters: the early years of Turkish-Dutch relations, R. Baris Kibris, p. 114 (afb.)
• 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. 22
• De ambassadeur, de sultan en de kunstenaar : op audiëntie in Istanbul, 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.