Saturday, June 11, 2016

A Bashi-bazouk (1875)

Charles Bargue: A Bashi-bazouk

Bargue, who made very few paintings, is better known for his prints and drawing manuals. Here he treats a theme popularized by his colleague Gérôme. This bashi-bazouk (mercenary) holds a narghile (water pipe). [Metropolitan Museum of Art]

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