Saz çalan kadın

Zonaro, Fausto (1854-1929)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

late 19th-early 20th c.

Height:

950.0 cm  (374 in.)

Width:

680.0 cm  (267 11/16 in.)

Technique / Medium:

pastel on paper

Additional titles

Description

From the Pera Museum: In this painting an Ottoman woman in her daily attire, her hair covered with an embroidered and printed kerchief plays a string instrument [saz or bağlama]. Music was one of the most popular kinds of amusement in Turkish harems. The lute in particular, and similar string instruments, have always occupied a very important place in the lives of women. This picture was used on the cover of a special issue of Le Figaro Illustré dedicated to Zonara published in 1908, and also appeared in Der'i Se'adet, a book written by Adolphe Thalasso and illustated by Zonaro.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Saz [3443]
Baglama [3317]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

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RIdIM record id

14716