Gevrekci, or crispbread seller

The gevrekci carries his scale and a tray of gevreks, crispbreads, on his head, and has his stool strapped to his back. See this near-identical image.

Source: Recueil de costumes turcs et de fleurs, vol. 2, at the Bibliothèque nationale de France

Date: Tentatively dated to 1650

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