Ambassador Cornelis Calkoen on audience with Sultan Ahmed III, Jean Baptiste Vanmour, between 1727 and 1730

Ambassador cornelis calkoen at an audience with sultan ahmed iii, september 14, 1727. On the far left, the grand vizier addresses the ambassador. On the left the sultan sits on his throne. On the right the ambassador with his entourage and turkish office holders. Part of a series of paintings with turkish subjects brought from turkey to the netherlands by the ambassador cornelis calkoen and bequeathed by his cousin nicolaas to the directorate of the levantsche handel in amsterdam in 1817. Collection: paintings; vanmour series. Object Type: painting. Date: between 1727 and 1730. Dimensions: drager Height: 90 cm (35.4 in) drager Width: 121 cm (47.6 in) geheel Gewicht: 10.8 kg (23.8 lb). Medium: oil on canvas. Depicted People: Ahmed III, Cornelis Calkoen. Collection: Rijksmuseum. Ambassadeur Cornelis Calkoen op audiëntie bij sultan Ahmed III Rijksmuseum SK-A-4078