Shop art print and framed art Le mamelouk Raza Roustam (1780-1845) by Jacques-Nicolas Paillot de Montabert

Le Mamelouk Roustam Raza (or Le Mamelouk Raza Roustam, Portrait de Raza Roustam (1780-1845), mamelouk or simply Roustam Raza) is a portrait of the mamelouk of the Imperial Guard, butler and bodyguard of Napoleon I, Roustam Raza, painted by the French painter Jacques-Nicolas Paillot de Montabert in 1806 and kept in the Musée de l'Armée in Paris. An oil painting on canvas, the work was commissioned to mark Roustam Raza's marriage to Alexandrine Doudeauville (or Douville), daughter of the first valet to Empress Joséphine de Beauharnais. The painting was probably commissioned by Roustam Raza himself. Roustam Raza is shown in three-quarter view in traditional oriental costume, with a turban and scarf embroidered with stars and crescent moons (the symbol of Islam) and a sword and dagger. On his shoulder strap, an eagle (symbol of Napoleon I), an inscription in Arabic characters and the monogram "R" (for Roustam), and even a Némès on the sabre are visible. This is one of the rare portraits in which Roustam is shown alone, without the Emperor. The work is preserved and exhibited at the Musée de l'Armée in Paris. It was donated to the museum in 1901 by Roustam Raza's executor, Pierre-Albert [...]

 

This artwork is a painting from the classical period. It belongs to the neoclassicism style.

 

« Le mamelouk Raza Roustam (1780-1845) » is kept at Musée de l'Armée, Paris, France.

 

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