Recto: A seated figure, dressed for a Turkish masquerade
Verso: A seated figure in flowing robes

Details

• Title

  Recto: A seated figure, dressed for a Turkish masquerade
  Verso: A seated figure in flowing robes

• Artist/maker

  formerly attributed to Joseph-Marie Vien (1716 - 1809)

  formerly attributed to Jean Barbault (1718 - 1762)

  Anonymous French

• Associated place

  Europe (place of creation)

• Date

  1748

• Material and technique

  recto: red chalk on laid paper
  verso: red chalk, offset

• Object type

  visual representation › drawing

• Dimensions

  sheet 48.1 x 35.8 cm (height x width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Purchased with the assistance of the Art Fund and the Trustees of the Festival of Islam, in memory of Denys Munby (1919-76), fellow of Nuffield College, 1976.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Western Art

• Accession no.

  WA1976.75

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