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Original – Portrait of Charles Gravier Count of Vergennes and French Ambassador, in Turkish Attire by
Antoine de Favray. The ambassador has been depicted with a smoking pipe, in Turkish garb, while sitting in an Ottoman style room. The oil on canvas painting, which measures 141.5 x 113 cm, is in the collections of the
Pera Museum.
Reason
Excellent portrait of the diplomat Charles Gravier and a good example of French orientalist art and
turquerie. Gravier played an important role in Franco-Ottoman relations, both as ambassador and later as French Minister for Foreign Affairs. He commissioned the work from Antoine de Favray while in Constantinople.
I agree. I forgot to list the articles in order highest encyclopedic value when I nominated the painting. Currently the articles are just listed alphabetically. Feel free to change the order. P. S. Burton (
talk) 15:45, 22 March 2015 (UTC)reply
Promoted File:Antoine de Favray - Portrait of Charles Gravier Count of Vergennes and French Ambassador, in Turkish Attire - Google Art Project.jpg --
ArmbrustTheHomunculus 03:22, 26 March 2015 (UTC)reply
Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 26 Mar 2015 at 01:53:39 (UTC)
Original – Portrait of Charles Gravier Count of Vergennes and French Ambassador, in Turkish Attire by
Antoine de Favray. The ambassador has been depicted with a smoking pipe, in Turkish garb, while sitting in an Ottoman style room. The oil on canvas painting, which measures 141.5 x 113 cm, is in the collections of the
Pera Museum.
Reason
Excellent portrait of the diplomat Charles Gravier and a good example of French orientalist art and
turquerie. Gravier played an important role in Franco-Ottoman relations, both as ambassador and later as French Minister for Foreign Affairs. He commissioned the work from Antoine de Favray while in Constantinople.
I agree. I forgot to list the articles in order highest encyclopedic value when I nominated the painting. Currently the articles are just listed alphabetically. Feel free to change the order. P. S. Burton (
talk) 15:45, 22 March 2015 (UTC)reply
Promoted File:Antoine de Favray - Portrait of Charles Gravier Count of Vergennes and French Ambassador, in Turkish Attire - Google Art Project.jpg --
ArmbrustTheHomunculus 03:22, 26 March 2015 (UTC)reply