The Kazasker, Judge, by Jean Baptiste Vanmour, c. 1727 - c. 1730
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The Kazasker, Judge

Also titled De kazasker, rechter

Jean Baptiste Vanmour (Valenciennes, 1671–1737)

c. 1727 - c. 1730

Medium
canvas, oil paint (paint)
Classification
painting
Dimensions
height 34 cm x width 27 cm
Museum
Rijksmuseum
Rights
Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

View at the Rijksmuseum

About this work

This is one of the kadı ‘askerı. They were the two chief military judges in the Ottoman Empire. One judge was responsible for the region of Rumelia (the European part of the empire), the other for the region of Anatolia (the Asiatic part). They could be recognized by their large turbans and fur-trimmed cloaks.