Antique Master Print-TRAVELING-BARBER-OTTOMAN-Scotin-Vanmour-1707

(Traveling Barber Ottoman)

Made by Gerard Scotin after Jean Baptiste Vanmour.

Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 31 x 42.7 cm (12.2 x 16.81 inch). Image size: 25 x 35.8 cm. (9.84 x 14.09 inch).

Condition: good, given age. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

TRAVELING-BARBER-OTTOMAN | PCO-E8-38

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This antique engraving originates from: ‘Recueil de cent estampes representant differentes nations du Levant.’, by Jacques Hay, published in Paris by Le Hay & Duchange, 1714. (Transl: Collection of 100 engravings representing the different Levant Nations.) This work is ‘the most popular and influential illustration of Turkish dress’, commissioned by Charles de Ferriol. It illustrates the regional, religious and national costume of the Turkish empire.

Biography engraver: Gerard Scotin (1643-1715), engraver.

Biography artist: Jean Baptiste Vanmour or Van Mour (9 January 1671 – 22 January 1737) was a Flemish-French painter, remembered for his detailed portrayal of life in the Ottoman Empire during the Tulip Era and the rule of Sultan Ahmed III. Many of his paintings are now in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

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