Pool in a Harem
Jean-Léon Gérôme · 1876
The story
Pool in a Harem (French: Piscine dans un harem) is an 1876 genre painting by the French artist Jean-Léon Gérôme. It features a scene in a bathhouse in the Middle Eastern harem. Produced in the academic style popular during the era, it combines elements of nude art and orientalism. It features amongst others Emma Dupont, a regular model of Gérôme. It was exhibited at the Salon of 1876 in Paris. Today the painting is in the collection of the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg.
- Artist
- Jean-Léon Gérôme
- Date
- 1876
- Collection
- Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Movement
- Orientalism, academic art
- Medium
- oil paint, canvas
- Size
- 73.5 × 62 cm
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