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Oriental vu en pied [The Turk], from the Figures de différents caractères, II, a
Oriental vu en pied [The Turk], from the Figures de différents caractères, II, a

Oriental vu en pied [The Turk], from the Figures de différents caractères, II, a

Primary (Paris, France, 1703–1770)
NationalityFrench, Europe
Date1728
MediumEtching
DimensionsSheet: 16 3/4 × 10 9/16 in. (42.5 × 26.8 cm)
Additional Dimension: 12 13/16 × 8 9/16 in. (32.5 × 21.7 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of Julie and Lawrence Salander, 2006.166
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number2006.166
On View
Not on view
Label Text
This figure study is typical of the 119 etchings created by Boucher for Jean de Julienne’s corpus of works by Watteau.
ProvenanceLeo Steinberg
Exhibitions
Mucius Scaevola Putting His Hand in the Fire
François Boucher
circa 1726-1728
Studies of Figures (recto and verso)
Attributed to François Le Moyne
1721