Antique Print-RELIGION-DERWISH-MEVLEVI-SUFI-TURKEY-DANCING-Philips -Tirion-1728

This print shows a view on the dancing of Derwish, members of the Mevlevi order, Sufi. Practising the Sema. In the background there is an audience.

Made by Jan Caspar Philips after Tirion.

Medium: Etching / engraving on handlaid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 22 x 20 cm (8.66 x 7.87 inch). Image size: 19.2 x 16.2 cm. (7.56 x 6.38 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Folds as published. Slightly brownish on reverse. Print in mirrorimage on reverse. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

RELIGION-DERWISH-MEVLEVI-SUFI-TURKEY-AUDIENCE-DANCING-MYSTIC | RBOS-A11-21

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This attractive print was published in Hedendaagse historie of tegenwoordige staat (…), Isaak Tirion, Amsterdam,1732. Isaak Tirion (1705 in Utrecht – 1765 in Amsterdam) was an 18th-century publisher from the Dutch Republic.

Biography engraver: Jan Caspar Philips (1690–1775), was a German engraver who settled in Amsterdam.