Scenes of Armenian life in the Ottoman Empire by the Dutch painter Jean Baptiste Vanmour (1671 – 1737)

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  1. DanceWithMacaw on

    The second picture looks like the Harem of Topkapi Palace. I was there last week, incredible place

  2. ernestbonanza on

    these paintings show that the armenians lived a very privileged life under the ottoman rule.

  3. This is probably depicting rich city dweller Armenians in Istanbul.

    What sticks out to me most is the women’s dresses are so immodest compared to what rural women wore in both Eastern and Western Armenia.