# The Turkish Patrol

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## Artwork

- Artist: [DECAMPS, Alexandre Gabriel](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/decamps-alexandre-gabriel-r86137069e84fbd>)
- Date: 1801-1850
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 115 x 179 cm

## Commentary

Decamps&#39; first major painting of an Oriental subject, this was based on his observation of the Cadji-Bey \(chief of police\) at Smyrna in 1828.

## Related artworks

- [Before a Mosque in Cairo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/decamps-alexandre-gabriel-r86137069e84fbd/before-a-mosque-in-cairo-rd603edaf61c693>)
- [Cart Horses](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/decamps-alexandre-gabriel-r86137069e84fbd/cart-horses-reed35f20be471e>)
- [Self-Portrait](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/decamps-alexandre-gabriel-r86137069e84fbd/self-portrait-r4788531ae86e30>)
- [The Caravan](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/decamps-alexandre-gabriel-r86137069e84fbd/the-caravan-rd00943889aa2ea>)
- [The Defeat of the Cimbri](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/decamps-alexandre-gabriel-r86137069e84fbd/the-defeat-of-the-cimbri-r1752a84d7a4f26>)
- [The Monkey Painter](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/decamps-alexandre-gabriel-r86137069e84fbd/the-monkey-painter-r7ecaf79a35639f>)
- [Turkish Boys Let out of School](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/decamps-alexandre-gabriel-r86137069e84fbd/turkish-boys-let-out-of-school-r9f875c8b626731>)
- [Turkish Merchant Smoking in His Shop](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/decamps-alexandre-gabriel-r86137069e84fbd/turkish-merchant-smoking-in-his-shop-rd47cb7e23a307d>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)