Artist: Antoine Charles Horace Vernet Aka Carle Vernet
Date: 1810
Size: 75 x 62 cm
Museum: The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, United States Of America)
Technique: Oil On Canvas
This debonair early portrait by Vernet, a leading battle painter of the nineteenth century, is thought to depict one of hundreds of Middle Easterners who sought refuge in France following Napoleon’s unsuccessful invasion of Egypt in 1798–1801. The sitter’s name is unknown, but he is identifiable by his garments as a member of the corps of Mamluks, conscripted by Napoleon as part of the French military. Their ranks were later filled by native-born Frenchmen; elements of their dress permeated civilian fashion.
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