Title: The ambassador, the sultan, and the artist
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.
Subjects: Social life and customs, Exhibitions, Ambassadors in art, Dutch Painting, Portraits, Travels, Courts and courtiers in art, Court and courtiers, Sultans in art, History, Pictorial works, Travel
Places: Turkey, Istanbul (Turkey)
People: Jean-Baptiste Vanmour (1671-1737), Cornelis Calkoen (1696-1764), Ahmed III Sultan of the Turks (1673-1736)
Time periods: Ahmed III, 1703-1730, 18th century