Ludwig Deutsch, Austrian
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Oil on canvas
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/// He’s The Palace Guard, Nubian, who
loves bright clothes but eschews a red shoe.
Bears gun, sword, knife, spear, shield,
(and a few more concealed).
More than guard, he’s an armory, too.
/// Left his former sports job in disgrace,
but this new “point guard” job saved his face.
Bad guys cower in fear
of this guard’s pointy spear
which is topped by a sharp, spiky mace.
/// Deutsch made similar paintings before.
An armed guard at a lush palace door.
“Orientalist” fare
with a man standing there
labeled Nubian, Mamluk, or Moor.
/// People loved this art; found it exotic.
Realistic details were hypnotic.
The men, handsome and strong,
holding rods, stiff and long,
could be (secretly) highly erotic.