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Lot Essay
Born in Valenciennes in 1671, Jean-Baptiste Vanmour left for Constantinople in 1699 with the French Ambassador Charles de Ferriol. He remained there for thirty-eight years until his death in 1737, painting views of Constantinople, depictions of diplomatic events and, as in the present work, scenes of Ottoman life.
Vanmour's Recueil de cent estampes représentant différentes Nations du Levant, commissioned by Ferriol and published in 1714, was enormously successful and was published in at least five languages. In 1725 he was granted the extraordinary title of Peintre Ordinaire du Roy en Levant in recognition of both his and the Levant's importance to the French government.
Vanmour's Recueil de cent estampes représentant différentes Nations du Levant, commissioned by Ferriol and published in 1714, was enormously successful and was published in at least five languages. In 1725 he was granted the extraordinary title of Peintre Ordinaire du Roy en Levant in recognition of both his and the Levant's importance to the French government.