Sultana Reading in the Harem
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Sheet (trimmed): 2 5/8 × 5 3/16 in. (6.6 × 13.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
Accession Number
53.600.1117(3)
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About this artwork
This exquisite etching and engraving by Claude Augustin Duflos le Jeune after François Boucher represents an early manifestation of Orientalist themes in 18th-century French art. Created in 1746-47, the work depicts a sultana—an Ottoman concubine—in the private quarters of a harem, surrounded by sumptuous textiles and exotic decorative objects that signal the fascination with Eastern cultures beginning to captivate European audiences. Boucher's original design was part of his cabinet paintings, ...
About the Artist
Claude Augustin Duflos le Jeune|François Boucher (French|French|French) · 1700 |1703 |1700 –1786 |1770 |1786
French, Paris 1700–1786 Paris|French, Paris 1703–1770 Paris|French, Paris 1700–1786 Paris