Round 5: Tossup 13

The Grand Chamberlain of a court refused to pose for a painting of these people, leading its artist to clandestinely sketch the back of his bald head. That artist used a gypsum mask to paint the likeness of a former student who was too ill to pose as one of these people. A group of these people greet children in Bautzen in a Bogdan Willewalde (“VILL-eh-VAL-duh”) painting. The painting They Were Imprisoned depicts three dejected men with red plumed helmets being captured by these people. A group of these people appear packed into a chaika during a storm in a painting titled for them “on the Black Sea.” (10[2]-5[1])An opera singer, painters, and strongman were all models for a painting (10[2])depicting (10[1])these people (-5[1])laughing (10[4])as (10[1])they draft (10[1])a (10[1])vulgar (10[3])written (-5[1])response (10[2])to a sultan’s demand (10[1])to surrender. (10[1])For 10 points, Ilya Repin painted a group of what people “replying” to Mehmed IV? ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

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