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Banquet of Distinguished Turkish Women
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Here we see a group of women surrounded by enslaved female servants and on the sofa near the window a woman nursing her child. Affluent Turkish women visited one another frequently. The guests also often spent the night. It was said that a well-connected woman never had to stay at home, but could be out visiting all the time.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineBanquet of Distinguished Turkish Women. c. 1720 - c. 1737. Jean Baptiste Vanmour. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.