Black Bashi-Bazouk

Bashi-Bazouk (possibly titled Bachi-Bouzouk nègre) is an oil on canvas painting by French artist Jean-Léon Gérôme, from 1869. It depicts a Bashi-bazouk, who was an irregular soldier of the Ottoman Empire. The painting is on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York.

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