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

workshop of Jean Baptiste Vanmour, 1700 - 1737

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.

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberSK-A-2020
  • Dimensionsheight 39.5 cm x width 31.5 cm
  • Physical characteristicsoil on canvas

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • The Capon Aghassi, Chief of the White Eunuchs of the Sultan
    • The Capon Aghassi, Chief of the White Eunuchs of the Sultan (former title)
  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-A-2020

  • 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.

  • Inscriptions / marks

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

Creation

  • Creation

    painter: workshop of Jean Baptiste Vanmour, Istanboel

  • Dating

    1700 - 1737

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    oil on canvas

  • Dimensions

    height 39.5 cm x width 31.5 cm


This work is about

  • Subject

  • Place

  • Period

    1726 - 1744


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Documentation

    • 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.
    • 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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