JEAN-BAPTISTE LE PRINCE
Metz, France 1734 – 1781 Saint-Denis-du-Port, FranceA party of figures in an interior,
with an Oriental Gentleman proposing to a Lady
Oil on canvas
61 by 72 cm; 24 by 28 ¼ inch
Signed and dated lower left: J B. le Pxxnce/ 1764
This painting by Le Prince would have been painted after his return from Russia where he had been for five years. It depicts a marriage proposal scene between an Ottoman prince and a Russian lady. Le Prince made many sketches in pencil from his time in Russia and when he returned to France, he used many of these sketches as his compositions for his paintings.
