Fille de Tine, Isle de l'Archipel, plate 72 from "Recueil de cent estampes représentent differentes nations du Levant"
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 16 7/16 in. × 12 in. (41.8 × 30.5 cm) Plate: 14 1/8 × 9 13/16 in. (35.9 × 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
2019.282.88
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Fille de Tine, Isle de l'Archipel** (Girl from Tinos, Island of the Archipelago), plate from the *Recueil de cent estamp représentant différentes nations du Levant (Collection of One Hundred Representing Different Nations of Levant), captures the likeness of a young woman from Greek island of Tinos in the Aegean Archipelago. Created around 1714–15, this etching and engraving depicts her traditional attire, offering a vivid snapshot of early 18th-century life in the eastern Mediterranean under Ottoman rule. Part of a renowned series of 100 prints, it documents the diverse peoples, costumes, ...
About the Artist
Jacques le Hay|Jacques de Franssières|Jean Baptiste Vanmour ( |French) · 1650 |1671 –1750 |1737
|French, Valenciennes 1671–1737 Istanbul (Constantinople)