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Whirling Dervishes, c.1730 (oil on canvas)

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Image title
Whirling Dervishes, c.1730 (oil on canvas)
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Artist
Vanmour, Jean Baptiste (1671-1737) / French
Location
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Medium
oil on canvas
Date
c. 1720 AD - c. 1737 AD (C18th AD)
Dimensions
76x101 cms
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Twice a week dervishes performed a dance ceremony when they tried to enter a trance through prayer, music and swirling ecstatic dance, which visitors were allowed to watch (including here Patrona Halil, leader of the Tulip Revolution of 1730 and Muslu Bese) Mevlevi derwishen, followers of philosopher and mystic poet Jalal ad-Din Rumi (1207-1273) aka Mevlana, "our master" lived in tekkes or Mevlevihanesi. Vanmour painted the Mevlevihane near Palais de Hollande in Pera, the oldest in the city, consisting of a prayer or dance hall (semahane)

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Constantinople / Turkey / Europe / Middle East / dance / Istanbul / religious / derwish / men / oriental / orientalism / orientalist / turkish / visitors / dance / music / ottoman / ceremony / dervish / male / islamic / audience / prayer / ecstacy / tulip revolution / hall / painting / muslim / muslu / semahane / religion / halil / islam / trance / moslem / bese / mevlana / levant / patrona / Painting / Mzpainting

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