Cornelis Calkoen on his Way to his Audience with Sultan Ahmed III Cornelis Calkoen on his way to the audience with Sultan Ahmed III, Ambassador Cornelis Calkoen passes through the second courtyard of the palace, where a meal from the Janissaries takes place, on the way to the audience with Sultan Ahmed III, September 14, 1727. At the front of the procession are two officials with high hats and silver bars, followed by the interpreters, the ambassador and his entourage. In the background the janissaries throw themselves on the rice dishes. Part of a series of paintings with Turkish subjects bro

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