Sultans Attendant - Body Guard
1832
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1832
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Sultans Attendant - Body Guard is a 1832 watercolor by Charles Frederick Brockdorff, a Orientalism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a man in a bright purple robe with gold trim. His tall hat has a feather sticking straight up. His arms are out slightly, like he’s posing. The background is just a plain green border. The feather on his hat is a big, bold detail—it’s almost like a crown. The colors are simple but stand out, especially the purple and gold. If you like this style, check out the Victoria and Albert Museum for more works like it.
The watercolor depicts a Solak, or bodyguard, in a volume of 54 sketches of Turkish figures and objects, one of 41 drawings in the style of C. Brockdorff within an album of 116 pages bound half in morocco. The work is mounted on colored paper and arranged alongside other contributions, with titles noted in both French and Turkish using Arabic script. Comparable images appear in an anonymous album at the Victoria and Albert Museum, suggesting shared or related sources.
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Charles Frederick Brockdorff painted detailed watercolours of North African life and costume in the 1830s.
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