The First Day of School — History & Facts
A mother, accompanied by a group of women, brings her daughter to school for the first time. That the women are Turkish can be seen from their colourful clothing and the yellow slippers that only Muslims could wear, according to sumptuary laws (dress codes). A servant carries the girl’s embroidery frame.
Needlework was a favourite pastime of women in affluent Turkish circles. Women held in slavery did the household chores.
More Artworks by Jean Baptiste Vanmour
Ambassador Cornelis Calkoen at his Audience with Sultan Ahmed III
Jean Baptiste Vanmour
The Grand Vizier Crossing the Atmeydanı (Horse Square)
Jean Baptiste Vanmour
Lying-in Room of a Distinguished Turkish Woman
Jean Baptiste Vanmour
The Grand Vizier Crossing the Atmeydanı (Horse Square)
Jean Baptiste Vanmour
View of Istanbul from the Dutch Embassy at Pera
Jean Baptiste Vanmour
Whirling Dervishes
Jean Baptiste Vanmour
Albanian Soldier
Jean Baptiste Vanmour
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Quadrille at the Moulin Rouge
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A Burial at Ornans
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