Bilder Cornelis de Bruyn (1652–1727) – Portrait of a Samoyed Man – Engraving (1718)

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"UN SAMOIEDE." This engraving illustrates a waist-up portrait of a Samoyed man from the Arctic regions of Northern Russia, shown with long dark hair and wearing traditional fur-lined clothing. The technical nature is a copper engraving integrated into a page of French text. It was published in Voyages de Corneille le Bruyn par la Moscovie, en Perse, et aux Indes Orientales, printed in Amsterdam by Frères Wetstein. This work is significant for its ethnographic documentation, providing early eighteenth-century European readers with detailed and realistic depictions of the indigenous peoples encountered during the artist's travels through the Russian Empire.

Cornelis de Bruyn was a Dutch artist, traveler, and author who spent several decades exploring the Middle East, Russia, and Southeast Asia. He was a trained painter and draughtsman who prioritized firsthand observation, ensuring that his published accounts were based on his own sketches rather than existing descriptions. His primary contribution was the production of large-scale, lavishly illustrated travel narratives that blended artistic quality with ethnographic and topographical precision. De Bruyn's works remain essential primary sources for historians and anthropologists studying the cultural diversity of the regions he documented.

Artist or Maker: Cornelis de Bruyn.

Dimensions: Approximately 40 cm x 26 cm.

Medium: Engraving.

Date: 1718.

Condition Report:
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