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88 works by 15 artists

88 works featuring “Orient” by 15 artists, from the 17th to the 20th century, held in 29 museums.

Bedouin, Rodolfo Amoedo

Bedouin, 1920.

Beduíno (museum title)

Rodolfo Amoedo (Brazilian), oil on canvas

Museu de Arte de São Paulo, Brazil

A Fakeer at the Door of a Mosque, Constantinople, John Frederick Lewis

A Fakeer at the Door of a Mosque, Constantinople, 1863.

A Fakeer at the Door of a Mosque, Constantinople (museum title)

John Frederick Lewis (British), watercolor, gouache, gum arabic, and graphite on wove paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

(House builders, Cairo), Arthur Streeton

(House builders, Cairo), 1897.

(House builders, Cairo) (museum title)

Arthur Streeton (Australian), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Australia

The Carpet Merchant, Jean-Léon Gérôme

The Carpet Merchant, c. 1887.

The Carpet Merchant (museum title)

Jean-Léon Gérôme (French), oil on canvas

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

Camels, West Thebes, Egypt, John Frederick Lewis

Camels, West Thebes, Egypt, 1850.

Camels, West Thebes, Egypt (museum title)

John Frederick Lewis (British), watercolor

Victoria and Albert Museum, United Kingdom

At the Entrance of the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem, Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka

At the Entrance of the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem, 1904.

A panaszfal bejáratánál Jeruzsálemben (museum title)

Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka (Hungarian), oil on canvas

Hungarian National Gallery, Hungary

Portrait of Mehmet Ali Pasha, John Frederick Lewis

Portrait of Mehmet Ali Pasha, 1844.

Portrait of Mehmet Ali Pasha (museum title)

John Frederick Lewis (British), graphite and watercolor

Victoria and Albert Museum, United Kingdom

Arab Woman in a Doorway, Jean-Léon Gérôme

Arab Woman in a Doorway, 1870.

Arab Woman in a Doorway (museum title)

Jean-Léon Gérôme (French), oil on canvas

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, United States

Study of a Detail of Eugène Delacroix's Women of Algiers, Francisco Laso

Study of a Detail of Eugène Delacroix's Women of Algiers, c. 1843–1856.

Estudio de un detalle de las Mujeres de Argel de Eugène… (museum title)

Francisco Laso (Peruvian), oil on canvas

Lima Art Museum (MALI), Peru

Study for "The Pipe Bearer", John Frederick Lewis

Study for "The Pipe Bearer", 1841–1851.

Study for "The Pipe Bearer" (museum title)

John Frederick Lewis (British), watercolor, gouache (bodycolor) and black chalk on gray paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

A Lady Receiving Visitors (The Reception), John Frederick Lewis

A Lady Receiving Visitors (The Reception), 1873.

A Lady Receiving Visitors (The Reception) (museum title)

John Frederick Lewis (British), oil on panel

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Cairo street, Arthur Streeton

Cairo street, 1897.

Cairo street (museum title)

Arthur Streeton (Australian), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Australia

Mary’s Well at Nazareth, Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka

Mary’s Well at Nazareth, 1908.

Mária kútja Názárethben (museum title)

Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka (Hungarian), oil on canvas

Hungarian National Gallery, Hungary

Baalbek (Sunset in Baalbek), Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka

Baalbek (Sunset in Baalbek), 1906.

Baalbek (A Naplemente Baalbekben) (museum title)

Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka (Hungarian), oil on canvas

Hungarian National Gallery, Hungary

Rural Scene in Upper Egypt, on the banks of the Nile, John Frederick Lewis

Rural Scene in Upper Egypt, on the banks of the Nile, c. 1850.

Rural Scene in Upper Egypt, on the banks of the Nile (museum title)

John Frederick Lewis (British), graphite, black chalk, watercolor and bodycolor, heightened with white

Victoria and Albert Museum, United Kingdom

Snake Charmer, Jean-Léon Gérôme

Snake Charmer, c. 1879.

Snake Charmer (museum title)

Jean-Léon Gérôme (French), oil on canvas

Clark Art Institute, United States

Two Camels, John Frederick Lewis

Two Camels, c. 1843.

Two Camels (museum title)

John Frederick Lewis (British), watercolor and gouache (bodycolor) over black chalk on brownish paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Sheik Hussein of Gebel Tor and His Son, John Frederick Lewis

Sheik Hussein of Gebel Tor and His Son, 1842–1843.

Sheik Hussein of Gebel Tor and His Son (museum title)

John Frederick Lewis (British), watercolor, graphite, black chalk, red chalk and white gouache on wove paper

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Bashi-Bazouk, Jean-Léon Gérôme

Bashi-Bazouk, 1868–1869.

Bashi-Bazouk (museum title)

Jean-Léon Gérôme (French), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Bashi-Bazouk Singing, Jean-Léon Gérôme

Bashi-Bazouk Singing, 1868.

Bashi-Bazouk Singing (museum title)

Jean-Léon Gérôme (French), oil on canvas

Walters Art Museum, United States

The Miracle of the Sacred Fire, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, William Holman Hunt

The Miracle of the Sacred Fire, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, 1892–1899.

The Miracle of the Sacred Fire, Church of the Holy Sepulchre (museum title)

William Holman Hunt (British), oil on canvas

Fogg Art Museum, United States

Moroccan Teacher, Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka

Moroccan Teacher, 1908.

Marokkói tanító (museum title)

Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka (Hungarian), oil on canvas

Hungarian National Gallery, Hungary

Woman at a Balcony, Jean-Léon Gérôme

Woman at a Balcony, 1887–1888.

Woman at a Balcony (museum title)

Jean-Léon Gérôme (French), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

View of the Dead Sea from Temple Square in Jerusalem, Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka

View of the Dead Sea from Temple Square in Jerusalem, 1905.

Templomtéri kilátás a Holt-tengerre Jeruzsálemben (museum title)

Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka (Hungarian), oil on canvas

Janus Pannonius Museum, Hungary

The Hhareem, Cairo, John Frederick Lewis

The Hhareem, Cairo, c. 1850.

The Hhareem, Cairo (museum title)

John Frederick Lewis (British), watercolor and gouache

Victoria and Albert Museum, United Kingdom

The Egyptian Magician holding a seance with members of the European community in Cairo, John Frederick Lewis

The Egyptian Magician holding a seance with members of the European community in Cairo, c. 1846.

The Egyptian Magician holding a seance with members of the… (museum title)

John Frederick Lewis (British), graphite and red chalk on thin paper laid down on modern laid paper

Victoria and Albert Museum, United Kingdom

Courtyard of the painter's house, Cairo, John Frederick Lewis

Courtyard of the painter's house, Cairo, c. 1843.

Courtyard of the painter's house, Cairo (museum title)

John Frederick Lewis (British), watercolor

Victoria and Albert Museum, United Kingdom

On Duty, Jean-Léon Gérôme

On Duty, 1870s.

On Duty (museum title)

Jean-Léon Gérôme (French), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Ireland

A Turkish Araba Drawn by Two White Oxen, Constantinople, John Frederick Lewis

A Turkish Araba Drawn by Two White Oxen, Constantinople, 1841.

A Turkish Araba Drawn by Two White Oxen, Constantinople (museum title)

John Frederick Lewis (British), watercolor, graphite and white gouache on wove paper

Yale Center for British Art, United States

A Bedouin Encampment; or, Bedouin Arabs, John Frederick Lewis

A Bedouin Encampment; or, Bedouin Arabs, 1841–1851.

A Bedouin Encampment; or, Bedouin Arabs (museum title)

John Frederick Lewis (British), watercolor, graphite and white gouache on wove paper

Yale Center for British Art, United States

“And the Prayer of Faith Shall Save the Sick”, John Frederick Lewis

“And the Prayer of Faith Shall Save the Sick”, 1872.

“And the Prayer of Faith Shall Save the Sick” (museum title)

John Frederick Lewis (British), oil on panel

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Life in the Hareem, Cairo, John Frederick Lewis

Life in the Hareem, Cairo, 1858.

Life in the Hareem, Cairo (museum title)

John Frederick Lewis (British), watercolor and gouache

Victoria and Albert Museum, United Kingdom

The Last of the Abencerrages, Ignacio Merino

The Last of the Abencerrages, c. 1865–1876.

El último abencerraje (museum title)

Ignacio Merino (Peruvian), oil

Ignacio Merino Municipal Art Gallery, Peru

The Temple of Edfu: The Door of the Pylon, John Frederick Lewis

The Temple of Edfu: The Door of the Pylon, 1850.

The Temple of Edfu: The Door of the Pylon (museum title)

John Frederick Lewis (British), watercolor and gouache over graphite

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Departure of the Orient - Circular Quay, Charles Conder

Departure of the Orient - Circular Quay, 1888.

Departure of the Orient - Circular Quay (museum title)

Charles Conder (Australian), oil on canvas

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia

The Finding of the Saviour in the Temple, William Holman Hunt

The Finding of the Saviour in the Temple, 1862.

The Finding of the Saviour in the Temple (museum title)

William Holman Hunt (British), oil on canvas

Sudley House, United Kingdom

Mendurah in my House in Cairo, John Frederick Lewis

Mendurah in my House in Cairo, c. 1843.

Mendurah in my House in Cairo (museum title)

John Frederick Lewis (British), watercolor on paper

Victoria and Albert Museum, United Kingdom

Rough composition sketch for the painting "A Frank Encampment", John Frederick Lewis

Rough composition sketch for the painting "A Frank Encampment", 1842.

Rough composition sketch for the painting "A Frank… (museum title)

John Frederick Lewis (British), graphite and watercolor

Victoria and Albert Museum, United Kingdom

Bashi-Bazouk, Jean-Léon Gérôme

Bashi-Bazouk, c. 1868–1869.

Bashi-Bazouk (museum title)

Jean-Léon Gérôme (French), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Temple of Edfou, Upper Egypt, John Frederick Lewis

Temple of Edfou, Upper Egypt, 1841–1851.

Temple of Edfou, Upper Egypt (museum title)

John Frederick Lewis (British), watercolor, graphite and white gouache on wove paper

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Interior of a school, Cairo, John Frederick Lewis

Interior of a school, Cairo, 1865.

Interior of a school, Cairo (museum title)

John Frederick Lewis (British), watercolor

Victoria and Albert Museum, United Kingdom

The Guard, Jean-Léon Gérôme

The Guard, 1889.

The Guard (museum title)

Jean-Léon Gérôme (French), oil on canvas

Indianapolis Museum of Art, United States

A Halt in the Desert, John Frederick Lewis

A Halt in the Desert, 1855.

A Halt in the Desert (museum title)

John Frederick Lewis (British), watercolor

Victoria and Albert Museum, United Kingdom

The Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka

The Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, 1905.

Az Olajfák hegye Jeruzsálemben (museum title)

Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka (Hungarian), oil on canvas

Janus Pannonius Museum, Hungary

Iskander Bey and His Servant, John Frederick Lewis

Iskander Bey and His Servant, c. 1848.

Iskander Bey and His Servant (museum title)

John Frederick Lewis (British), watercolor and gouache over graphite

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Study for Mehmet Ali Pasha, John Frederick Lewis

Study for Mehmet Ali Pasha, c. 1844.

Study for Mehmet Ali Pasha (museum title)

John Frederick Lewis (British), watercolor, gouache, black chalk, and graphite

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Door to the Church, Monastery of St. Catherine, Sinai, John Frederick Lewis

Door to the Church, Monastery of St. Catherine, Sinai, 1843.

Door to the Church, Monastery of St. Catherine, Sinai (museum title)

John Frederick Lewis (British), graphite and brown wash, heightened with white

Victoria and Albert Museum, United Kingdom

Turkish "Bashi-bazouk" Mercenary Soldiers Playing Chess, Jean-Léon Gérôme

Turkish "Bashi-bazouk" Mercenary Soldiers Playing Chess, c. 1870–1873.

Turkish "Bashi-bazouk" Mercenary Soldiers Playing Chess (museum title)

Jean-Léon Gérôme (French), oil on canvas

New Orleans Museum of Art, United States

Arab School, John Frederick Lewis

Arab School, 1841–1851.

Arab School (museum title)

John Frederick Lewis (British), watercolor and gouache (bodycolor) over black chalk on brownish paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Slave Market, Jean-Léon Gérôme

Slave Market, 1866.

Slave Market (museum title)

Jean-Léon Gérôme (French), oil on canvas

Clark Art Institute, United States