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Mehmet, the vizir kâhyasi
Also titled Mehmet, de vizir kâhyasi
Jean Baptiste Vanmour (Valenciennes, 1671–1737)
c. 1727 - c. 1730
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 34.5 cm x width 27.5 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
Mehmet was the vizir kâhyasi (lieutenant) of the grand vizier. He indulged in wild excess and luxury. This was one of the reasons why he, along with the grand vizier, was murdered by his subordinates in 1730. When his houses were plundered, great hoards of gold were found hidden in secret cellars.
