Art, literature & history
The Chinese Ambassador, plate fifteen from Caravanne du Sultane à la Mecque
c. 1748
- Dating
- Approximate date range
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Etching on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 19.1 × 12.9 cm (7 9/16 × 5 1/8 in.); Plate: 20.5 × 13.5 cm (8 1/8 × 5 3/8 in.); Sheet: 22.8 × 17.3 cm (9 × 6 13/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 2013.688
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Joseph-Marie Vien. The Chinese Ambassador, plate fifteen from Caravanne du Sultane à la Mecque, c. 1748. Inventory 2013.688. Joseph-Marie Vien; Art Institute of Chicago. Collection credit: Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). https://www.artic.edu/artworks/157564. Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
The Chinese Ambassador, plate fifteen from Caravanne du Sultane à la Mecque — Joseph-Marie Vien. c. 1748.
Medium: Etching on ivory laid paper. Dimensions: Image: 19.1 × 12.9 cm (7 9/16 × 5 1/8 in.); Plate: 20.5 × 13.5 cm (8 1/8 × 5 3/8 in.); Sheet: 22.8 × 17.3 cm (9 × 6 13/16 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.