Dervishes Sharing a Meal

Jean Baptiste Vanmour, c. 1720 - c. 1737

Dervishes lived together in a tekke, which, besides a prayer hall, included living quarters, a library, a dining hall and a kitchen. The dervishes wear a sikke, their typical conical hat, and long woollen robes.

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberSK-A-1999
  • Dimensionsheight 33 cm x width 43 cm
  • Physical characteristicsoil on canvas

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Identification

  • Title(s)

    Dervishes Sharing a Meal

  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-A-1999

  • Description

    Een grote tekke zoals die in de diplomatenwijk Pera omvatte naast de gebedshal ook een woongedeelte, een bibliotheek, een eetzaal en een keuken. De derwisjen dragen de kenmerkende cilindervormige hoed, de sikke, en lange wollen kleding.

Creation

  • Creation

    painter: Jean Baptiste Vanmour

  • Dating

    c. 1720 - c. 1737

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    oil on canvas

  • Dimensions

    height 33 cm x width 43 cm

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  • Place

  • Period

    1726 - 1744

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Documentation

    • 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.

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