The ambassador, the sultan, and the artist
Subtitle: an audience in Istanbul
By: [Eveline Sint Nicolas, Duncan Bull, and Günsel Renda].
Contributors: Sint Nicolaas, E.; Renda, Günsel.; Bull, Duncan.; Rijksmuseum (Netherlands); Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi.
Series: Rijksmuseum dossiers
Publisher: Rijksmuseum; WAANDERS
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Amsterdam en Uitgeverij
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
Subjects: Vanmour, Jean-Baptiste, -- 1671-1737 -- Exhibitions.; Calkoen, Cornelis, -- 1696-1764 -- Travels -- Exhibitions.; Ahmed -- III, -- Sultan of the Turks, -- 1673-1736 -- Portraits -- Exhibitions.; Courts and courtiers in art -- Exhibitions.; Sultans in art -- Exhibitions.; Ambassadors in art -- Exhibitions.; Painting, Dutch -- 18th century -- Exhibitions.; Turkey -- Court and courtiers -- Social life and customs -- Exhibitions.; Istanbul (Turkey) -- History -- 18th century -- Exhibitions.; Turkey -- History -- Ahmed III, 1703-1730 -- Exhibitions.
Genres: Exhibitions.; Portraits
Other titles: Audience in Istanbul
Description: When the Dutch ambassador Cornelis Calkoen came to the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul to present his credentials to Sultan Ahmed III, he had this important event recorded by the painter Jean Baptiste Vanmour. Together with the many depictions of court dignitaries and genre pieces by Vanmour, these paintings provide a remarkable picture of life at the Ottoman court in the first half of the eighteenth century.
Notes: Catalog of an exhibition held at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands from July 4-Oct. 26, 2003 and at the Topkapi Sarayi Museum at the end of 2003.

Cover title.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 48).
Table of contents: title: The ambassador and the sultan / Eveline Sint Nicolas; title: The artist / Duncan Bull; title: The court and empire observed / Günsel Renda.