Turc qui fait sa priere.
JB [artist's monogram.] G. Scotin maj. sculp.
Avec Privil. du Roi. [French, n.d., 1714 or later.]
Etching, 355 x 250mm. 14 x 9¾". Filled chip to upper left margin.
A Muslim with turban and beard kneeling on a mat at prayer; one of a series of 100 characters observed on his travels by Charles comte de Ferriol, marquis d'Argental, French ambassador to the Turkish Sultanate. From 'Recueil de cent estampes representant differentes nations du Levant, gravees sur les tableaux peints d'apres nature en 1707 & 1708. Par la Ordre de M. De Ferriol Ambassadeur du Roi a La Porte' (1714). Numbered '42' lower right. By French engraver and publisher Gérard Scotin I (1643 - 1715).
[Ref: 24920] £110.00
Avec Privil. du Roi. [French, n.d., 1714 or later.]
Etching, 355 x 250mm. 14 x 9¾". Filled chip to upper left margin.
A Muslim with turban and beard kneeling on a mat at prayer; one of a series of 100 characters observed on his travels by Charles comte de Ferriol, marquis d'Argental, French ambassador to the Turkish Sultanate. From 'Recueil de cent estampes representant differentes nations du Levant, gravees sur les tableaux peints d'apres nature en 1707 & 1708. Par la Ordre de M. De Ferriol Ambassadeur du Roi a La Porte' (1714). Numbered '42' lower right. By French engraver and publisher Gérard Scotin I (1643 - 1715).
[Ref: 24920] £110.00