Rudolf Weisse (Czech painter) 1859 - ca. 1930
The Palace Guard, 1888
signed and dated 88 R. Weisse lower right
oil on panel
46 x 31cm., 18 x 12¼ in.)
Catalogue Note
Exhibited in Paris, Salon, 1888, no. 2530 (as La Garde du Harem).
In this tranquil scene, a Nubian guard inspects his weapon - an Ottoman flintlock pistol - thoughtfully, surrounded by various accoutrements including a tortoise-shell and mother-of-pearl inlaid scribe's box, a covered sahan dish, and a Qajar gold-overlaid helmet and North African ivory and coral-hilted yataghan sword resting on a red silk and metal-thread embroidered wall hanging. A Turkish aiguière, or water pitcher, and basin stand atop a marquetry gueridon table. The composition leads the eye from the close-up detail of the objects and the figure's shimmering blue robe into the vestibule of the palace beyond, possibly modelled on the interior of the Alhambra in Granada.
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