Illustrations of Ottomans circa 1790 in

Costumes Turcs
Baktaşı


Derviche Bektachi.
Painting (watercolour). Folio 51 from an album showing Turkish costume. Baktaşı dervish holding a double-bladed halberd. Wearing a brown kaftan, brown robe, white trousers and a round pale blue turban. He is holding a rosary and has another in his belt, together with a horn.

Compare:

75 Bektachi : moine derviche
dervish monk
in: Monnier's album: Costumes Orientaux, Bourg-en-Bresse, Ms 65


British Museum. Registration number: 1974,0617,0.12.2.51
Previously owned by Heinrich Friedrich von Diez

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