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Collections

Çorbacı (Soup Maker), An Officer of the Janissaries (Costume Plate)mid 17th century

Not on view
Watercolor and ink drawing on tan paper of a standing robed male figure wearing a tall conical hat topped with a wide fan of feathers, with handwritten annotations in Latin, Arabic script, and romanized text
Title
Çorbacı (Soup Maker), An Officer of the Janissaries (Costume Plate)
Place Made
Turkey
Date Made
mid 17th century
Medium
Ink and opaque watercolor on paper
Dimensions
8 x 5 15/16 in. (20.3 x 15 cm)
Credit Line
The Edwin Binney, 3rd, Collection of Turkish Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Accession Number
M.85.237.50
Classification
Manuscripts
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Islamic
Selected Bibliography
  • Komaroff, Linda, editor. Dining with the Sultan: The Fine Art of Feasting. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: DelMonico Books, 2023.