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DiaporamaLadies’ Outing at Hünkâr İskelesi along the Bosporus, Jean Baptiste Vanmour, c. 1720 - c. 1737
During the summer months, well-off residents of Istanbul fled the cramped city to seek refreshment on the banks of the Bosphorus. The women who were part of the harem of the sultan and the grand visor on behalf of sometimes part of picnics and probably Vanmour wanted to depict such an occasion. Hunkiar Iskêléci was a well-known place on the Bosphorus where they met.
Jean Baptiste Vanmour (1671 – 1737)
Jean Baptiste Vanmour (1671-1737) vividly captured Ottoman life during the Tulip Era! Explore his detailed portraits of Sultan Ahmed III, court scenes & a unique window into 18th-century Turkish culture.
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- Title: Ladies’ Outing at Hünkâr İskelesi along the Bosporus, Jean Baptiste Vanmour, c. 1720 - c. 1737
- Artist: Jean Baptiste Vanmour
- Year: 1737
- Original dimensions: 78.0 x 101.0 cm
- Format: Landscape
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Movement: Rococo
- Creative period: Late Medieval
- Keywords: vanmour istanbul , social portrait , elegant scene
- Perceived brightness: deep_shadow
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