Oldest painting of Alevi dervish up for auction
Published 02 Jun,2021 via Hürriyet Daily News - An important 17th-century painting of a prominent Muslim mystic will be put up for sale by an auction house in the Netherlands on June 8.
The 1651 painting of Haji Bektash Veli, a prominent Alevi religious figure who lived and taught in Anatolia from 1209 to 1271, will be auctioned on June 8 by the Oriental Art Auction House in the Dutch city of Hattem.
Measuring 22 x 17 centimeters and believed to be the oldest existing painting of the Muslim icon, the portrait also includes a depiction of Sarı Saltuk, a 13th-century Alevi dervish venerated as a saint by the Bektashis in the Balkans.
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