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Ottoman Illustrations from:

Recueil de cent estampes representant differentes nations du Levant,
gravees sur les tableaux peints d'apres nature en 1707 & 1708 par l'ordre de M. de Ferriol, Ambassadeur du Roi a la Porte; et mis au jour en 1712 & 1713 par les soins de M. Le Hay.

[Collection of one hundred prints representing different nations of the Levant, engraved on the paintings from life in 1707 & 1708 by order of M. de Ferriol, Ambassador of the King to the Porte; and brought to light in 1712 & 1713 by the care of M. Le Hay]

Paris, 1714

From Paintings by Jean-Baptiste Vanmour (Van Mour), 1671-1737

Jean Baptiste Vanmour. Born in French Flanders in 1671, he came to Istanbul in 1699, at the age of eighteen, in the suite of the French ambassador, the Marquis de Ferriol. As far as is known, he did not leave the city until his death in 1737.

Illustrations of Ottoman Government and Religious



All the thumbnails on one page or:
Ottoman Court Officials.
Ottoman Military.
Turkish Civilian.
Balkan.
Asian and African.

Paintings by Jean-Baptiste Vanmour (Van Mour), painted from 1699 to 1737

Links to Prints by Title

The Mufti, or chief of the Law
The Kazasker (Kadi El Asker), Chief of the military laws. There is one for European and one for Asian
Emir, man of Law of Muhammad's Race
Imam, Minister of a Mosque
Effendi, Man of law in his Study
Dervish, or Turkish monk that spins through devotion
Saka, Charitable Dervish who brings water for the city and gives charity
Sadrazam, the Grand Vizier, in Ceremonial Dress and Turban
Şatırı, or Grand Vizier's Footman
Turkish wedding
Turkish Burial
The dervishes of Pera in their Temple, whirling




Caspar Luyken Prints from Abraham a Sancta Clara's Neu-eröffnete Welt-Galleria, 1703
Der Kern Turkischer Geschichte (The core of Turkish history), 1739



Engravers
Baron, Bernard, 1696-1762
Cochin, Charles Nicolas, 1688-1754
Du Bosc, Claude, 1684-1745
Franssières, Jacques de
Haussard, Jean-Baptiste, 1679 or 80-1749
Rochefort, Pierre de, 1673-1728
Scotin, Gérard, 1643-1715
Simonneau, Philippe, 1685-1753