Prisoners Presented to the Emperor
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 25 3/4 × 39 1/2 in. (65.4 × 100.4 cm) Plate: 22 1/2 × 36 1/2 in. (57.1 × 92.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1945
Accession Number
45.100.14
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Prisoners Presented to the Emperor (1767–74) is a monumental etching and engraving by French artists Charles Nicolas Cochin II Louis Joseph Masquelier and Jean-Denis Attiret. Measuring nearly 40 inches wide, this print from The Metropolitan Museum of Art's and Prints collection captures a dramatic moment of imperial triumph. Attiret, a Jesuit missionary and painter who served at the Qianlong Emperor's in China, provided the original designs based on eyewitness observations, while Cochin II—one of 18th-century France's engravers—and Masquelier translated them into intricate print form. Creat...