Cornelis Calkoen on his Way to his Audience with Sultan Ahmed III, Jean Baptiste Vanmour

Ambassador cornelis calkoen walks through the second courtyard of the sultan's palace, where a banquet for the janissaries is held. He is on his way to an audience with sultan ahmed iii on 14 september 1727. The procession is led by two officials with high hats and silver staffs, followed by two interpretors, the ambassador and his entourage. In the background the janissaries are throwing themselves on the sishes of rice. Part of a series of paintings with ottoman subjects brought to the netherlands from turkey by ambassador cornelis calkoen and bequaethed to the board of directors of the levantsche handel in amsterdam in 1817. Object Type: painting. Date: Between 14 September 1727 and 1730. Place of creation: Constantinople, today Istanbul. Dimensions: height: 91.5 cm (36 in); width: 125 cm (49.2 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Depicted People: Cornelis Calkoen, Ahmed III. Collection: Rijksmuseum. Cornelis Calkoen op weg naar de audiëntie bij sultan Ahmed III Rijksmuseum SK-A-4076