Mutfakçi or chef
1809
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1809
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Mutfakçi or chef is a 1809 watercolor by Anonymous Greek artist, a Romanticism work, depicting turban, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This watercolor shows a chef in a turban. It’s part of a big set made for a British diplomat. The artist mixes Ottoman style with European ways of drawing. The diplomat got to see Ottoman life up close in 1808. A local artist recorded what he saw, but we don’t know who it was. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum.