The Painter Clément in Turkish Costume

Jean Barbault (1718 - 1762)

Ashmolean Museum

1748

One of a group of drawings by Barbault and Joseph Vien, of twenty of the participants in a'mascarade a la Turque' arranged to mark the Carnival of the French Academy in Rome in 1748. The sitter may be either Brice Clement or Jean-Pierre Clement. It forms a valuable record of the vogue for Eastern fantasy in Europe in the mid-18th Century.

• Medium: red chalk
• Dimensions: 48 x 36 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £1380 ( Total: £2,760)
• ArtFunded in: 1976
• Vendor: Somerville & Simpson

Provenance

Mme. V., Paris, sold Drouot, 1925 attributed to Vien; anon. sale, Christie's 1976; Somerville and Simpson.

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