Charles Cordier (1827-1905 )Ismaïl Pacha (1830-1895) Viceroy then Khedive of EgyptCirca 1867Bronze with a brown patinaH : 41.5 cmProvenance : The artist's family by descent. Related work: - Charles Cordier, Ismaïl Pacha (1830-1895) Viceroy then Khedive of Egypt, 1866, marble bust, H: 89 cm, Cairo, Manial Palace Museum . Related literature: Laure de Margerie, Édouard Papet, Charles Cordier, 1827-1905: the other and the elsewhere, cat. exp, Paris, Musée d'Orsay, 2 February-2 May 2004, Quebec, Musée national des Beaux-arts, 10 June-6 September 2004, New York, Dahesh museum of Art, 12 October 2004-9 January 2005, Paris, Éditions de la Martinière, 2004, models listed from no. 290 to no. 294, p.178During his stay in Egypt in 1866, Cordier met Ismaïl Pacha, son of Ibrahim Pacha, the Viceroy of Egypt . He painted his portrait in ceremonial uniform, the marble bust is now kept in the Cairo museum. It is in the form of a bronze reduction, with several patinas, golden or silver, that this bust is most frequently represented. Five examples in this form are listed, in addition to ours, in the catalogue of the Orsay exhibition in 2004.