Banquet of Distinguished Turkish Women, by Jean Baptiste Vanmour, c. 1720 - c. 1737
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Banquet of Distinguished Turkish Women

Also titled Maaltijd van voorname Turkse vrouwen

Jean Baptiste Vanmour (Valenciennes, 1671–1737)

c. 1720 - c. 1737

Medium
canvas, oil paint (paint)
Classification
painting
Dimensions
height 45 cm x width 58.5 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

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About this work

Here we see a group of women surrounded by enslaved female servants and on the sofa near the window a woman nursing her child. Affluent Turkish women visited one another frequently. The guests also often spent the night. It was said that a well-connected woman never had to stay at home, but could be out visiting all the time.