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Dervishes Sharing a Meal
Also titled Derwisjen aan de maaltijd
Jean Baptiste Vanmour (Valenciennes, 1671–1737)
c. 1720 - c. 1737
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 33 cm x width 43 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
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.
