Harvard Art Museums > 2020.21: A Turkish Princess Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"A Turkish Princess , 2020.21,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/356288. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2020.21 Title A Turkish Princess Classification Paintings Work Type painting Date 18th century Places Creation Place: Middle East, Türkiye (Turkey) Period Ottoman period Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/356288 Physical Descriptions Medium Oil on copper panel Dimensions 20.6 × 15.2 cm (8 1/8 × 6 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Edwin Binney, 3rd, San Diego, California, (by 1986), bequest; to Harvard University Art Museums. NOTE: Stored at the San Diego Museum of Art from some time before 1986 until 1991, then at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art from 1991 -- 2011. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Edwin Binney, 3rd Collection of Turkish Art at the Harvard Art Museums Accession Year 2020 Object Number 2020.21 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Dressed as an upper-class woman of Istanbul, the subject of this work gazes directly at the viewer from under prominent arched eyebrows. She wears a collared red kaftan, the right hem of which is tucked into a low-slung golden belt. The kaftan is loosely fastened at the bust to reveal a low décolletage. A gossamer fabric serves for flaring sleeves and a gold-edged skirt, beneath which appear billowing trousers patterned with floral designs. Her headgear consists of an upward-tapered hotoz sheathed in gold fabric, held in place with a headscarf or sarık edged with gold beads. Her costume is completed with teardrop earrings, gold bracelets, and yellow çedik on posed feet, all signaling high status. She stands on a balcony with European-style balustrades overlooking the Bosphorus from Üsküdar on the Asian side of Istanbul. In the distance, beyond her left hand proper, stands the Maiden’s Tower as it appeared before it was rebuilt in the early 19th century. Directly below her hand, on the Üsküdar shore, can be seen a minaret, a lead-clad dome, and brick buildings which likely represent the Atik Valide mosque-madrasa complex. The painting combines elements from a series of engravings printed in Receuil de divers portraits des principales dames de la Porte du Grand Turc (Paris: Antoine Estienne, 1648). Exhibition History 32Q: 2550 Islamic, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/04/2021 - 01/06/2022 Imagine Me and You: Dutch and Flemish Encounters with the Islamic World, 1450–1750, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/18/2024 - 08/18/2024 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
