Prestre de la Loy

Cicle of  Joseph Marie Vien. The painter Clément dresed as the Prestre de la Loy. photo Sotheby's oil on canvas. 42 by 31.5cm., 16½ by 12½in. Lot 229. ESTIMATION 30,000-40,000 GBP EXHIBITED: Turkophilia, Paris 2011 LITTERATURE: Paris 2011, p. 90 NOTE DE CATALOGUE: This work relates to the print Prestre de la Loy from the series Caravanne du Sultan à la Mecque, published in 1749, which included thirty prints by Vien. As Vien explained in his dedication page, he took inspiration... [Lire la suite]