Robe à la Circassienne Garnie à la Chartres: la Coëffure de meme, Avec le Tableau des Evenements
Medium
Hand-colored etching
Dimensions
sheet: 12 5/8 x 7 5/8 in. (32 x 19.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924
Accession Number
24.90.1372
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the opulent world of 18-century French fashion with this-colored etching, *Robe à la Circienne Garnie à la Chartres: la Coëffure de meme, Avec Tableau des Evenements*. anonymously in the 1770s, it showcases a stylish woman in a "Circassian robe" trimmed in the Chartres style—a loose, flowing gown inspired by exotic Eastern influences, paired with an elaborate matching coiffure. The title's reference to a "Tableau des Even" suggests a decorative panel evoking significant events, adding narrative flair to the ensemble. This print exemplifies the Rococo era's obsession with fashion as ...
About the Artist
Anonymous, French, 18th century · 1700–1800
The artist known as Anonymous, French, 18th century, represents a collective of unidentified talents active roughly between 1700 and 1800, a period of profound artistic evolution in France from the opulent Rococo to the austere dawn of Neoclassicism and Revolutionary fervor. Little is documented about their personal training or mentors, as their anonymity obscures individual biographies, though th...