Why it matters
A bathhouse scene in a Middle Eastern harem, combining nude art and orientalism in the academic style of the time. Emma Dupont, one of Gérôme's regular models, appears in it.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1876.
- It was shown at the Salon of 1876.
- It is in the Hermitage.
Based on the Wikipedia article Pool in a Harem (CC BY-SA 4.0).
