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Turkish Guardsmen, Alexandre Gabriel Decamps, 1841
Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, portraitAlexandre-Gabriel DecampsFrench, 1803–1860

Turkish Guardsmen

1841 · Drawing · 24 × 33 cm

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J. Paul Getty Museum

Los Angeles, United States

It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.

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yesterday
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Oct 7, 2026
Source
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About the work

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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Particulars

1841 · aged 38
18031860
Accession number
2016.15

In the catalog

Drawings & watercolorsWatercolourRomanticismRealism19th centuryFrench

Sources

  • J. Paul Getty Museum
  • Image: J. Paul Getty Museum — Open Content

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