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Description: | Oil on canvas. This painting is the second of a series of four works showing the reception of a European ambassador by the Grand Vizier (the chief minister of the Sultan) and then by the Sultan himself, in Istanbul. Before being admitted into the presence of the Sultan, Ottoman protocol demanded that all ambassadors and their accompanying delegates be fed and dressed at the expense of the treasury of the Sublime Porte (central government of the Ottoman Empire). This work depicts the ambassador on his way to the dinner provided before his audience with the Sultan.(See also GAC 3317, 3318, 3316) | Subjects: | royal/state visit bowl wig rice janissaries robe Turkish topography tree 18th century costume frock coat archway palace courtyard diplomat | Temporal: | 1740 | Source: | Government Art Collection | Creator: | Antonio Guardi & Studio | Identifier: | http://www.gac.culture.gov.uk/work.aspx?... | Go to resource |
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