Portrait of a Mamluk 1810 Horace Vernet French This debonair portrait by Vernet, a leading battle painter of the nineteenth century, depicts one of the Mamluk soldiers who long comprised the military caste of Egypt. The sitter’s specific identity is uncertain, but he was likely born into a Christian family in one of the European provinces of the Ottoman Empire, enslaved at a young age, converted to Islam, and trained in Egypt. Several hundred Mamluks accompanied Napoleon’s army to France following his unsuccessful invasion of Egypt in 1798–1801. Once in Paris they retained their traditional dr

Portrait of a Mamluk 1810 Horace Vernet French This debonair portrait by Vernet, a leading battle painter of the nineteenth century, depicts one of the Mamluk soldiers who long comprised the military caste of Egypt. The sitter’s specific identity is uncertain, but he was likely born into a Christian family in one of the European provinces of the Ottoman Empire, enslaved at a young age, converted to Islam, and trained in Egypt. Several hundred Mamluks accompanied Napoleon’s army to France following his unsuccessful invasion of Egypt in 1798–1801. Once in Paris they retained their traditional dress, and were in high demand for sittings in painters' Portrait of a Mamluk. Horace Vernet (French, Paris 1789–1863 Paris). 1810. Oil on canvas. Paintings

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