De moefti, hoofd van de religieuze zaken, Jean Baptiste Vanmour

Probably the portrait of abdullah efendi (1680?–1743). This clergyman of greek descent was working at the court from 1718 as shaykh al-islām and was deposed after the revolution of 1730. He was exiled, but returned to istanbul in silence, where he died in 1743. Abdullah owned a large collection of legal and religious documents and was instrumental in the introduction of the printing press in the ottoman empire. Object Type: painting. Genre: portrait. Date: Between circa 1727 and circa 1730. Place of creation: Constantinople, today Istanbul. Dimensions: height: 34 cm (13.3 in); width: 26 cm (10.2 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Rijksmuseum. Een hofdignitaris Seyhülislam