Le Seliktar-Agassi, ou porte èpée du Grand Seigneur, plate 7 from "Recueil de cent estampes représentent differentes nations du Levant"
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 16 7/16 × 12 1/16 in. (41.8 × 30.6 cm) Plate: 14 1/8 × 9 11/16 in. (35.8 × 24.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2019
Accession Number
2019.282.95
Tags
Art Historical Context
This engraving, plate 7 from the influential 1714–15 volume *Recueil de cent estampes représentant différentes nations du Levant*, portrays the Seliktar-Agassi, or sword-bearer to the Ottoman Sultan. Created after designs by Jean Baptiste Vanmour, who spent years in Constantinople documenting court and everyday life, the print belongs to a landmark series that introduced European audiences to the peoples, costumes, and hierarchies of the Ottoman Empire. Jacques le Hay compiled the volume, while Gérard Jean Baptiste Scotin I translated Vanmour’s paintings into the precise lines of engraving. T...
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