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| Keywords: Jean-Léon Gérôme - Bashi-Bazouk Singing - Walters 37883.jpg An Albanian soldier called an Arnaut is seated beside his hookah water pipe playing an oud a lute-like instrument accompanied by the cawing of a pet raven perched on its cage Seated in the background are three Bashi-Bazouks or members of the Ottoman Empire's irregular troops who were noted for their ferocity G�r�me visited Greece and Turkey in 1854 sailed up the Nile River in 1857 and returned to the Near East on a number of occasions Much of his work was devoted to orientalist paintings which he imbued with a sense of reality by providing a wealth of details 1868 Oil on canvas cm 46 3 66 ; Framed cm 76 8 96 5 12 1 accession number 37 883 14204 Goupil et Cie Paris James B Haggin et al Sale New York 1917 no 40 R H Lorenz as agent Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1917 Transcription J L Gerome signed lower right The Orientalists The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1987-1988 The Spectacular Art of Jean-Léon Gérôme Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza Madrid; J Paul Getty Museum Los Angeles; Musee D'Orsay Paris 2010-2011 place of origin Italy Walters Art Museum license 2D Orientalist paintings by Jean-Léon Gérôme French paintings in the Walters Art Museum 1860s paintings from France 1868 paintings | ||||
