In the portrait made by the artist in istanbul, the ambassador is depicted sitting in an ottoman room, wearing turkish clothes, with a smoking stick in his hand. In the picture, the delicate workmanship of details such as the clocks on the cushion on which the model rests her right arm, the herbal-decorated dagger decorated with precious stones inserted into the scarf belt around her waist, or the rosary in her left hand attracts attention. Charles gravier, count of vergennes (1717 – 1787), came to the ottoman capital in 1755 as an extraordinary ambassador and served as ambassador to the ottoman capital, to which he was appointed in the same year, until 1768, and tried to establish positive relations between the two states in order to increase france's share in the ottoman empire's trade with the west. After leaving istanbul, under the influence of his diplomatic successes in sweden, xvi. Gravier, who was minister of foreign affairs during the reign of louis xiv, was effective in maintaining good relations with the ottoman empire during this period. In addition to the reception ceremony of the ambassador by the sultan, favray also painted a panorama of istanbul for the ambassador. Object Type: painting. Genre: portrait. Date: 1766. Dimensions: 141.5 cm x 113 cm (557 in x 44 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Depicted People: Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes. Collection: Pera Museum. Fransız Büyükelçisi Vergennes Kontu Charles Gravier’nin Türk Giysileri İçinde Portresi
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