Dame de Constantinople, plate 5 from "Recueil de diverses fig.res étrangeres Inventées par F. Boucher P.tre du Roy et Gravées par F. Ravenet" (Collection of Various Foreign Figures, Devised by F. Boucher, Painter of the King and Engraved [etched] by F. Ravenet)

Simon Francis Ravenet, the elder French
 After François Boucher French
 Publisher Gabriel Huquier French

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This print is based on a recently discovered drawing by Boucher, which hangs alongside. In Ravenet’s etching, the composition is reversed and the caption describes the subject as a "Woman of Constantinople," part of a suite of twelve prints of women in different costumes representing France, Italy, and the Levant. Gabriel Huquier was the publisher of the series, and, from the catalogue of his 1772 estate sale, it would seem that he was also owner of the preparatory drawings. Boucher’s many collaborations with printmakers vastly expanded the dissemination of his imagery and the impact of his style.

Dame de Constantinople, plate 5 from "Recueil de diverses fig.res étrangeres Inventées par F. Boucher P.tre du Roy et Gravées par F. Ravenet" (Collection of Various Foreign Figures, Devised by F. Boucher, Painter of the King and Engraved [etched] by F. Ravenet), Simon Francis Ravenet, the elder (French, Paris 1706–1774 London), Etching and engraving

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