Horace Vernet
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Émile Jean-Horace Vernet, better known as Horace Vernet, was a French painter of battles, portraits, and Orientalist subjects.
Vernet in 1858
Italian Brigands Surprised by Papal Troops, 1831
Self-Portrait with Pipe, 1835
Street Fighting on Rue Soufflot, Paris, June 25, 1848
Roustam Raza
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Roustam Raza, also known as Roustan or Rustam, was a mamluk bodyguard and secondary valet of Napoleon.
Horace Vernet
…lived much before. The Holmes-Vernet connection is also central to the plot of Laurie R. King's 2024 novel, The Lantern's Dance. Gallery Portrait of Roustam Raza, 1810 The Battle of Somosierra, 1816 The Death of Prince Poniatowski, 1816 The Battle of Tolosa, 1817 Portrait of the Duke of Orleans, 1818 The Dog of…
Le Mamelouk Roustam Raza by Jacques-Nicolas Paillot de Montabert, 1806
Painting of the Battle of Abensberg by Jean-Baptiste Debret, 1810. Roustam Raza (recognizable by his turban) is depicted in the background at the far right
Napoleon's Return to the Island of Lobau After the Battle of Essling by Charles Meynier, 1812. Roustam Raza in the background.
Portrait of Roustam Raza by Horace Vernet. 1810