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Turkish Guardsmen
Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps1841
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
The drawing represents two guardsmen seated and conversing as one smokes a hookah; two other guardsmen are standing at the entrance of a building behind them. The drawing is a preliminary study for a slightly larger painting in oil, today at The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore.
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Details
- Title: Turkish Guardsmen
- Creator: Alexandre Gabriel Decamps
- Date Created: 1841
- Location Created: France
- Physical Dimensions: 24 × 33 cm (9 7/16 × 13 in.)
- Type: Drawing
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Brown wash, watercolor and bodycolor on grey paper
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 2016.15
- Culture: French
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
- Creator Display Name: Alexandre Gabriel Decamps (French, 1803 - 1860)
- Classification: Drawings (Visual Works)
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