The Sultan 1745 - 1972

"The Sultan" is a 1745 drawing by Jean-Honoré Fragonard, a prominent French Rococo artist known for his lighthearted and playful style. The drawing depicts a man in Turkish dress, likely a Sultan, seated in a relaxed pose. Fragonard's loose, gestural style and the subject's attire suggest a fascination with the exotic and the Ottoman Empire, a trend popular during the Rococo period. This piece is currently housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, NY.