Lady of Constantinople, plate 5
18th century
François Boucher designed this fashionable 'Lady of Constantinople' to feed the 18th-century French obsession with Ottoman style, known as 'Turquerie.' She stands confidently in a garden, draped in a massive fur-lined robe and wearing a towering, jeweled turban that looks more like Parisian fantasy than actual Turkish attire. Published by Gabriel Huquier with royal privilege, this print is essentially high-end Rococo cosplay, capturing a moment when European aristocrats loved to dress up as the 'exotic' East.
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