Bashi-Bazouk
Jean-Léon Gérôme
ca. 1868–69
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
10 1/4 × 8 1/2 in. (26 × 21.6 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Kenneth Jay Lane, 2014
Accession Number
2014.435.1
Tags
SoldiersMenPortraitsOrientalist
About the Artist
Jean-Léon Gérôme
Gérôme's father, a goldsmith from Vesoul, discouraged his son from studying to become a painter but agreed, reluctantly, to allow him a trial period in the studio of Paul Delaroche in Paris. He traveled and studied in Italy, elsewhere in Europe, and in Asia Minor. The subjects that he enjoyed most were scenes of nature and animals. He is best known for mythological and Comment on works: history pa...