身着东方服装的胡子男子 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	身着东方服装的胡子男子
品名（英）	Bearded Man in Oriental Costume
入馆年号	1964年，64.49.4
策展部门	绘画和印刷品（Drawings and Prints）
创作者	Ozias Humphrey【1742 至 1810】【英国人】
创作年份	公元 1775 - 公元 1785
创作地区
分类	图画（Drawings）
尺寸	页: 11 3/4 x 8 1/2 英寸 (29.8 x 21.6 厘米)
介绍（中）	这幅精致的阿拉伯老年水彩画可能代表突尼斯驻英国圣詹姆斯宫廷大使，由肖像画家和微型画家汉弗莱于 1780 年左右创作。他把注意力集中在保姆自信的轮廓和头巾上，用快速的笔触和淡蓝色、粉红色、棕色和灰色的水洗来渲染长袍和设置。在十八世纪，突尼斯名义上是奥斯曼帝国的一部分，但实际上由侯赛因贝伊统治。作为北非的"巴巴里国家"之一，它光顾海盗，这些海盗毫不犹豫地在地中海捕获未受保护的欧洲船只，扣押他们的货物，并扣留乘客以勒索赎金。为了减轻这种威胁，英国政府每年向突尼斯贝伊付款;因此，后者的大使将是伦敦外交界的重要人物。
介绍（英）	This delicate watercolor of an elderly Arab, which may represent the Tunisian ambassador to the British Court of St. James's, was made about 1780 by Humphrey, a portrait painter and miniaturist. He devoted his attention to the assertive profile and turbaned head of the sitter, rendering the robes and setting more broadly with rapid pen strokes and pale blue, pink, brown, and gray washes. In the eighteenth century, Tunisia was nominally part of the Ottoman Empire but was ruled in effective independence by the Husseinite beys. As one of the "Barbary States" of North Africa, it patronized pirates who did not hesitate to capture unprotected European vessels in the Mediterranean, seize their cargo, and hold their passengers for ransom. To allay this threat, the British government made annual payments to the bey of Tunis; thus, the latter's ambassador would have been a significant figure in London diplomatic circles.