Hubert François Gravelot

Gravelot's design was probably intended for a book illustration, although no related publication has been identified. A woman in Turkish costume is shown brandishing a dagger as a man wearing a turban in front of her collapses or recoils against a column; another man in Roman dress restrains the woman as two male figures in Ottoman dress look on. According to Ruth Kraemer, “Figures in similar Turkish or Persian costumes are found in illustrations after Gravelot to the plays Bajazet and Esther in the 1768 edition of Racine's works (Vol.III, following p.126 and Vol. V, facing page 1.)”