Auguste Raffet, Crimée: Le Quartier Tatar à Moudjou, Lithograph, 1840

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Lithograph on wove paper. Signed and dated in the stone lower right. This lithograph by Auguste Raffet, one of the … Read more Lithograph on wove paper. Signed and dated in the stone lower right. This lithograph by Auguste Raffet, one of the most celebrated French lithographers of the 19th century, depicts a Tatar settlement in Crimea. The scene shows a cluster of thatched-roof houses dispersed across a wide open plain, with figures engaged in conversation and daily activity. The expansive horizon and atmospheric rendering of the sky lend the composition a sense of both grandeur and ethnographic detail. Raffet, renowned for his ability to blend documentary precision with artistic sensibility, here captures the essence of Crimean village life during the mid-19th century. His prints were widely admired for their ability to transport European audiences into distant geographies and cultures with immediacy and narrative clarity. This piece is attributed to the mentioned designer/maker. It has no attribution mark and no
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