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The painting is in the style of the Ottoman court artist Abdulcelil Chelebi, known as Levni, who enjoyed the patronage of Sultan Ahmed III (reg. 1703-30). He began his career as an illuminator but is best known for his portraits, particularly a series of single figures which appeared in albums. See N. Atasoy, F. Cagman, Turkish Miniature Painting, Istanbul 1974, p. 76; and for a number of portraits in an album in the Topkapi Palace Museum, see I. Stchoukine, La Peinture Turque d'apres les manuscrits illustres, II partie de Murad IV a Mustafa III 1623-1773, Paris 1971, pls. LXXIX-LXXXII.