Jean Baptiste Vanmour
Flemish • Orientalist • 1671-1737




















































A Chaous, a Courier to the Sultan

A Greek Priest

A Jewish Money-Changer

A Soldier of the Janissaries

A Turkish Woman

Albanian Herdsman

Albanian Soldier

An Albanian Sailor

Choadar, Servant of the Ambassador

The Mufti, Head of Religious Affairs

Dervish

Grand Vizier Nevşehirli Damat Ĭbrahim Pasa

Grand Vizier

Man from the Albanian Coast

Man from the Bulgarian Coast

Man from the Island of Kithnos (Thermia)

Man from the Island of Mykonos

Man from the Island of Patmos

Man from the Island of Sérifos

Man from the Island of Tinos

Mehmet, the Vizir Ka^hyasi

Patrona Halil

Portrait of Sultan Ahmed III

Sultan Ahmed III

The Capoudgi Bachi, Grand-Master of the Seraglio

The Chaous Bachi

The Kazasker, Judge

The Reis Effendi, Head of the Chancery

The Sultana-Mother

Turkish Woman at Her Embroidery Frame

Woman from the Albanian Coast

Woman from the Bulgarian Coast

Woman from the Island of Kithnos (Thermia)

Woman from the Island of Mykonos

Woman from the Island of Patmos

Woman from the Island of Tinos

An Embassy Building in Pera

Armenian Wedding

Banquet of Distinguished Turkish Women

Dervishes Sharing a Meal

Greek Men and Women Dancing the Khorra

Party of Armenians Playing Cards

The Murder of Patrona Halil and His Fellow Rebels

Turkish Women in the Countryside Near Istanbul

Whirling Dervishes

Fete Champetre with Turkish Courtiers Under a Tent

Greek Wedding

Lying-in Room of a Distinguished Turkish Woman

The First Day of School

The Meal in Honour of Ambassador Cornelis Calkoen

View of Istanbul from the Dutch Embassy at Pera

Wedding Procession on the Bosphorus
