Why it matters
In a North African or West Asian setting, a man inspects the teeth of a nude Abyssinian slave. With The Snake Charmer it has become an iconic example of 19th-century Orientalist art.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1866.
- It was exhibited at the Salon of 1867.
- Robert Sterling Clark bought it in 1930.
Based on the Wikipedia article The Slave Market (Gérôme painting) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
