Bashi-bazouks were irregular soldiers of the Ottoman army. Gérôme painted this one from a model in his Paris studio, using costumes he brought back from his travels, and lavished attention on the gleaming silk and fringed headdress.
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Bashi-Bazouk
Jean-Léon Gérôme · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1868–69. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access (public domain).