Frank Duveneck painted the original in 1879, and it is now part of San Francisco's DeYoung Museum permanent collection. The eyes of this Guard just seem to draw you into his world of power, intrigue, betrayal, and longing.
I sought permission from the DeYoung Museum for an on-site study of this particular Duveneck piece. After finally working my way through the proper chains of command, I was given a few disheartening answers of NO. The reason being was because oil paint mediums fall into a "hazardous solvent" category established by San Francisco's Health and Safety Commission. (However, I was more than welcome to use other drawing/painting materials such as pencils, color pencils, oil crayons or water colors.)
The Louvre and Prado as well as most other European museums have promoted this form of study for centuries and it has proven invaluable to artists.
This obstacle required me get a little more creative making several trips to the DeYoung in order to capture the secrets of this painting (for example, only 5 colors were used in this entire painting). I'm sure Duveneck would not have minded a respectful study of his work. Here is a link to a book a book on Frank Duveneck: Unsuspected Genius: The Art and Life of Frank Duveneck.
[Detail of Sean Patrick McArdle's Study of Frank Duveneck's Guard of the Harem]
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