"Female Musicians," 1880
Artist: Osman Hamdi Bey
Oil on canvas; 58×39 cm
Pera Museum, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
The painting depicts two young women playing the tanbur and the def near the entrance of the prayer hall in the Green Mosque of Bursa. The standing woman wears an antari with cream-colored fabric adorned with golden-yellow patterns, paired with matching loose trousers. The seated woman wears three blue skirts, each edged with golden-yellow stripes.
The work features Ottoman motifs, including carpets from the mosque, inlaid wooden furnishings, carved marble, and ornamental tiles.
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