An Embassy Building in Pera, c. 1720 - c. 1744
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An Embassy Building in Pera

Also titled Een ambassadegebouw in Pera

c. 1720 - c. 1744

Medium
canvas, oil paint (paint)
Classification
painting
Dimensions
height 66.5 cm x width 82 cm
Museum
Rijksmuseum
Rights
Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

View at the Rijksmuseum

About this work

This painting gives a good impression of the embassies in the diplomatic district of Pera. They consisted of a stone-built ground floor, intended for servants, and a wooden upper storey where the presentable rooms were located.