A House in Turkey
1820–60
Medium
ink, chalk, watercolor, and oils on blue wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 7 11/16 x 11 7/16 in. (19.5 x 29 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1961
Accession Number
61.590.42
Tags
Art Historical Context
Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, a leading French Romantic painter and pioneering Orientalist, created *A House in Turkey* during the height of his career. Known for his travels through the Near East in the 1820s, Decamps brought firsthand observations of Turkish architecture and daily life to European audiences hungry for exotic imagery. This intimate drawing captures a modest dwelling with the artist’s characteristic attention to light, texture, and local color, reflecting the 19th-century fascination with the Ottoman world. The work’s mixed-media technique—combining ink, chalk, watercolor, and o...
About the Artist
Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps · 1803–1860
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