Femme Turque jouant du canon
Jean-Baptist Vanmour (Valenciennes 1671–Constantinople 1737)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1699 - 1737
Materials
Oil on copper
Measurements
330 x 241 mm (13 x 9½ in)
Place of origin
Istanbul
Order this imageCollection
Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Kent
NT 803040.1.4
Summary
Oil painting on copper, Femme Turque jouant du canon by Jean-Baptist Vanmour (Valenciennes 1671–Constantinople 1737), circa 1699/1737.
Provenance
Victoria Sackville-West, Lady Sackville (1862–1936) thence, by inheritance, to her daughter, Vita Sackville-West (1892–1962), Sissinghurst, and then to her younger son, Nigel Nicolson (1917–2004); accepted by HM Government in lieu of inheritance tax and transferred to the National Trust in 2007
Credit line
Sissinghurst Castle, The Nicolson Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Jean-Baptist Vanmour (Valenciennes 1671–Constantinople 1737) , artist