Femme Turque, qui repose sur le Sopha sortant du bain, plate 46 from "Recueil de cent estampes représentent differentes nations du Levant"
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 16 7/16 × 12 3/16 in. (41.7 × 31 cm) Plate: 14 1/8 × 9 13/16 in. (35.8 × 24.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2019
Accession Number
2019.282.55
Tags
Art Historical Context
This engraving, plate 46 from the influential 1714–15 publication *Recueil de cent estampes représentant différentes nations du Levant*, captures a Turkish woman reclining on a sofa after her bath. Created by engraver Gérard Jean Baptiste Scotin I after designs by Jean Baptiste Vanmour, the print belongs to a landmark series documenting Ottoman society, costumes, and daily life as observed in Constantinople. Vanmour, a Flemish artist who lived in the Ottoman capital for nearly two decades, supplied the original drawings that were then reproduced for European audiences eager to glimpse Eastern ...
About the Artist
Gérard Jean Baptiste Scotin I|Jacques le Hay|Jean Baptiste Vanmour (Italian|French) · 1591 |1671 –1623 |1716
Italian, Rome (?) 1591/92–1623 Venice|French, 1671–1716