Jean Baptiste Vanmour, Dansende derwisjen
Rijksmuseum, AmsterdamView original →
Jean Baptiste Vanmour

Dansende derwisjen

c. 1720 - c. 1737

Current Collection

Rijksmuseum

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Medium
canvas
Dimensions
76 × 101 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-105071

Dervishes occupied a special place in religiously tolerant Istanbul. Through prayer, music and ecstatic dance, they tried to enter into a trance and thus come into contact with Allah. Twice a week they performed this dance ceremony, which visitors were allowed to watch. Vanmour must have regularly sat in the gallery to study the whirling of the dervishes.

Registry history

  • c. 1720 - c. 1737 — Recorded in the collection of Rijksmuseum

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