Prestre de la Loy (The Priest of the Law), plate 9 from the series Caravanne du Sultan à la Mecque (Caravan of a Sultan Going to Mecca), Joseph Marie Vien the Elder, French, 1716 – 1809, Joseph Marie Vien the Elder, French, 1716 – 1809, Etching on cream laid paper, Bearded man in Turkish costume sits in front of low wall, with legs crossed. His torso is turned so that he faces frontally, his hands at waist. He wears plumed turban, with strings of pearls looped on fronts., France, 1748, figures, Print

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