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Pasha grasping a sword at his hip with both hands, from "Caravan of the Sultan to Mecca" (Caravane du Sultan à la Mecque)
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Pasha grasping a sword at his hip with both hands, from "Caravan of the Sultan to Mecca" (Caravane du Sultan à la Mecque)

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

sheet: 14 11/16 x 10 7/16 in. (37.3 x 26.5 cm) plate: 8 x 5 1/4 in. (20.3 x 13.3 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Joseph Marie Vien

1716–1809France

Baroque painter and one of the earliest French painters to work in the Neo-classical style. He influenced some of the most prominent artists of heroic Neo-classicism, including his students Jacques-Louis David, Jean-Baptiste Regnault, Jean-François-Pierre Peyron, and Joseph-Benoît Suvée. Comment on works: History