Ömer Koç’un oryantalist resim ve desen koleksiyonu temelde, onun dikkate şayan kitap ve gravür koleksiyonunun bir uzantısı olarak gelişti. Koleksiyonerin bibliyofil olması, bu koleksiyonda yağlıboya resimler yerine kâğıt üzerinde eserlere ağırlık verilmesinin nedeni olabilir. Bununla beraber, kitap koleksiyonerlerinde geleneksel olarak görülen disiplinli koleksiyon oluşturma özelliğinin Ömer Bey’in koleksiyonuna yarar sağladığı kuşkusuz. The Orientalist paintings and drawings collection of Ömer Koç developed mainly as an extension to his considerable books and engravings collection on the Ottoman Empire. Arguably, the bibliophile roots of the collector has tilted the balance of this collection in favor of works on paper rather than on oil paintings. Nonetheless, it is also the discipline in collecting that has traditionally been associated with book collectors that Mr. Koç’s collection has without a doubt benefitted from. Collections are often praised and remembered for their crowning pieces and certainly the two works by the Renaissance painter Jacopo Ligozzi (1547-1627) in this collection are nothing short of magnificent. Two Solak Archers with a Dog (fig. 1) and A Married Greek Woman with a Ram (fig. 2) belong to the same series as the Azappo Archer (Getty Museum collection). It has been suggested that these sheets were painted circa late 1570s and early 1580s as part of a book devoted to figures in Turkish costume commissioned by Ligozzi’s patron the Grand Duke of Tuscany Francesco I de’ Medici. As the first painter to the Medici court, Ligozzi served the Grand Dukes Francesco I, Ferdinando I, Cosimo II, and Ferdinando II. [...]
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