Fille de Chio, Isle de l'Archipel, plate 74 from "Recueil de cent estampes représentent differentes nations du Levant"
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 16 1/2 in. × 12 in. (41.9 × 30.5 cm) Plate: 14 1/8 × 9 13/16 in. (35.9 × 25 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2019
Accession Number
2019.282.89
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Fille de Chio, Isle de l'Arch** (Girl from Chios, Island of the Archipelago), 74 from the *Recueil de cent estamp représentant différentes nations du Levant* (Collection of 100 Prints Depicting Various Nations of the Levant), the striking portrait of a young woman from the Greek island of Chios in 1714–15. This etching and engraving, measuring about 14 × 10 inches on the plate, is part of a celebrated series that documented the diverse peoples, costumes, and cultures of the Ottoman Levant—from Turkey to the eastern Mediterranean—reflecting Europe's growing fascination with the "exotic" East ...
About the Artist
Gérard Jean Baptiste Scotin I|Jean Baptiste Vanmour|Jacques le Hay (Italian|French) · 1591 |1671 –1623 |1716
Italian, Rome (?) 1591/92–1623 Venice|French, 1671–1716