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The strange destiny of Antoni Aleksander Iliński


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a.k.  Sep 15, 11, 22:04    #31
This Pole looks like he is wearing a Turban.


He is wearing ko³pak - a fur-brimmed hat.
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Joined: Nov 22, 07 ♂ 		 Sep 30, 11, 01:59    #32
This Pole looks like he is wearing a Turban. http://www.abcgallery.com/R/rembrandt/rembrandt125.html


Hi mate,

If memory serves, this portrait appears in the Osprey Men-at-Arms series of books, in the Polish military edition. I think the subject was an Oginski, or the leader of a mercenary Polish outfit in Western Europe, painted on his reurn to Poland circa the Swedish Wars in the 1650's, as I recall the commentary to the portrait.

I'd have to say his hat is a kolpak, progenitor of the busby and other fur trimmed cavalry hats. Cheers.

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