Image Title:
Bashi-Bazouk
Note:
"The artist’s Turkish title for this picture—which translates as "headless"—evokes the unpaid irregular soldiers who fought ferociously for plunder under Ottoman leadership, although it is difficult to imagine this man charging into battle wearing such an exquisite silk tunic." Read More
Artist:
Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824 – 1904)
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2008
Image Source:
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Subject:
Headwraps - African - Turkish - Soldier - Ottoman
Date:
1868-69
Rights:
Public Domain
Image:
SA-Headwraps-16
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