Pool in a Harem

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.

See also

• The Great Bath at Bursa, an 1883 painting by Jean-Léon Gérôme featuring a similar theme

References

Bibliography

• Palmer, Allison Lee. Historical Dictionary of Romantic Art and Architecture. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.
• Peakman, Julie. Licentious Worlds: Sex and Exploitation in Global Empires. Reaktion Books, 2019.