Sultane by Loo Carle Van (1 results)
Seller: Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books (ILAB), Vianen, NetherlandsGert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books (ILAB)
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used
US$ 355.69
US$ 38.53 shippingShips from Netherlands to U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Paris, Jacques Beauvarlet, (ca. 1771). Mezzotint engraving by Jacques Beauvarlet (1731 - 1797) after a painting made in ca. 1754 by Charles-André (Carle) van Loo (1705-1765). Ca. 48,5 x 36,5 cm During the first half of the 18th century, the European nobility (and later also the wealthy bourgeoisie) developed a taste for the exot…ic and Oriental. The picture shows Madame Pompadour (Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour, 1721-1764, mistress of Louis XV) as "Sultana" in Ottoman costume seated on a cushion on the left, with long smoking pipe in her right hand, the black servant is passing her coffee. - (Small stain in left corner, under passepartout, mounted). - Fine image.
