Serdinguesti, ou enfant perdu, plate 35 from "Recueil de cent estampes représentent differentes nations du Levant"
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 16 1/2 × 11 15/16 in. (41.9 × 30.4 cm) Plate: 14 1/8 × 9 13/16 in. (35.9 × 25 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2019
Accession Number
2019.282.64
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Serdinguesti, ou enfant perdu** (1714–15) is plate 35 from the lavish *Recueil de centes représentant différentes nations du Levant*, a celebrated series of 100 prints capturing the diverse peoples and costumes of the Ottoman Levant—the Eastern Mediterranean region spanning modern-day Turkey, Syria, and. Created through a masterful collaboration, Dutch painter Jean Baptiste Vanmour supplied the original watercolor designs based on his firsthand observations in Constantinople, while French engravers Jean-Baptiste Haussard publisher Jacques le Hay brought them to life. This etching and engravi...
About the Artist
Jacques le Hay|Jean-Baptiste Haussard|Jean Baptiste Vanmour ( |French) · 1650 |1671 –1750 |1737
|French, Valenciennes 1671–1737 Istanbul (Constantinople)