Hongroise, plate 77 from "Recueil de cent estampes représentent differentes nations du Levant"
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 16 1/2 × 12 1/16 in. (41.9 × 30.6 cm) Plate: 14 × 9 13/16 in. (35.5 × 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
2019.282.70
Tags
Art Historical Context
This striking print, titled *Hongroise* (Hungarian Woman), is plate 77 from the celebrated 1714–15 volume *Recueil de cent estampes représentant différentes nations du Levant*. Created through etching and engraving after designs by the Flemish artist Jean Baptiste Vanmour, it belongs to an ambitious series documenting the peoples of the Ottoman Empire and surrounding regions. Vanmour, who lived in Constantinople for nearly two decades, produced vivid costume studies that became foundational references for European understandings of Eastern dress and customs. The work reflects the early eighte...
About the Artist
Jacques le Hay|Jean Baptiste Vanmour ( |French) · 1650 |1671 –1750 |1737
|French, Valenciennes 1671–1737 Istanbul (Constantinople)