Le Capitan-Pacha, ou le Grand Amiral en habit de ceremonie, plate 36 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 3/16 × 9 7/8 in. (36 × 25.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2019
Accession Number
2019.282.79
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Le Capitan-Pacha, ou Grand Amiral en habit cérémonie** (1714–15) is plate 36 from the remarkable *Recueil de centes représentant différentes nations du*, a series of 100 prints capturing the diverse peoples and costumes of the Ottoman Levant. Created by Flemish painter Jean Baptiste Van, renowned for his vivid depictions of Istanbul life as court artist to the sultans, with engravings by Gérard Jean Baptistein I and Jacques le Hay, this work offers a window into 18th-century Eastern Mediterranean culture. Now housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, it refle...
About the Artist
Jean Baptiste Vanmour|Gérard Jean Baptiste Scotin I|Jacques le Hay · 1671–1737
Comment on works: Architecture; Portraits; Genre; Turkish scenes