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Chef des Eunuques (head of the Eunuchs), from the series "Caravane du Sultan à la Mecque..." (Caravan of a Sultan Going to Mecca)

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Chef des Eunuques (head of the Eunuchs), from the series "Caravane du Sultan à la Mecque..." (Caravan of a Sultan Going to Mecca)

Joseph Marie Vien

1748

Medium

Etching

Tags

Dimensions

sheet: 7 7/8 x 5 1/4 in. (20 x 13.3 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1933

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Joseph Marie Vien

1716–1809 • France

Baroque painter and one of the earliest French painters to work in the Neo-classical style. He influenced some of the most prominent artists of heroic Neo-classicism, including his students Jacques-Louis David, Jean-Baptiste Regnault, Jean-François-Pierre Peyron, and Joseph-Benoît Suvée. Comment on works: History

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