[1] Yazmacıyan used scenery, color harmonies, and subjects that are of very close resemblance to Mıgırdiç Civanyan (1848–1906).

This proclaimed to the potential customers that he was open to conduct business and receive orders of both still-life and portraits.

[2] In a way this shop sign is also proof that a painter in late 19th and early 20th century Istanbul was at the same time a tradesman.

This painting depicts a naked man standing and is wrapped around a half-snake half-human Basilisk that has long claws similar to nails.

There is a stark contrast between the pink body of the man against the blue-black snake like creature with red tinsels.