The Reis Effendi, Head of the Chancery
Also titled De reis effendi, hoofd van de kanselarij
Jean Baptiste Vanmour (Valenciennes, 1671–1737)
c. 1727 - c. 1730
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 34.5 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
About this work
The office of reis effendi or reisü’l küttab, the head of the chancery, could be likened to the minister of foreign affairs. This official at the Ottoman court had the most contact with Western diplomats. Ambassador Calkoen would have met him on a regular basis.
