Pasha Having His Sweetheart Portrayed

2000 Educa (68 x 96)
Pasha Having His Sweetheart Portrayed
Charles-André Van Loo
Production Date 2005

This one of three (that I know of) puzzles of Charles-André Van Loo's works for the Educa Turkish Orientalist Paintings series. Probably the most difficult of the three due to the predominant browns and blacks, it was quite a challenge. For the first time ever, while building the edge first, I did not build off of it early in the build.

Artist info from Wikipedia:

Carle or Charles-André van Loo; (15 February 1705 – 15 July 1765) was a French subject painter, son of the painter Louis-Abraham van Loo, a younger brother of Jean-Baptiste van Loo and grandson of Jacob van Loo. He was the most famous member of a successful dynasty of painters of Dutch origin. His oeuvre includes every category: religion, history painting, mythology, portraiture, allegory, and genre scenes.