#orientalist art

Much of Deutsch's subject matter, such as the painting seen here, was based upon his trips to Egypt in the 1880s and 1890s. (From 1882 onward, the Khedivate of Egypt, nominally an autonomous state within the Ottoman Empire, was in fact a British protectorate.) Deutsch brought back many Egyptian objects that he would use time and again as props in his genre scenes and portraits.

Marià Fortuny's studio in Rome (1874) by Ricardo de Madrazo. Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya.

"Braavos is the wealthiest and likely the most powerful of the Free Cities.It is located in the Great Lagoon on the northwestern end of Essos, where the narrow sea and the Shivering Sea meet. Braavos is also known as Braavos of the Hundred Isles and the Secret City, a name also attributed to the city Nefer, the last remaining city of N'ghai.  Braavos is sometimes referred to as the "bastard daughter of Valyria"

The Passing Caravan by Eugène Alexis Girardet

Private collection Painting Oil on canvas, 66.7 cm x 47.09 cm

Interesting detail : Benjamin-Constant never painted the Orient as a strict documentary record. Like many Orientalist artists of the 19th century, he blended observations from his travels in Morocco with imagination, creating sumptuous scenes designed to evoke mystery, romance, and exotic splendor for European audiences.

La Japonaise, by Emile Villa

This is an allegorical painting that shows a poet surrounded by dreamlike figures, muses, and symbols of inspiration. It explores the relationship between imagination and artistic creation, suggesting that poetry comes from both dreams and intellectual awakening. Ferrier created the work as part of the academic art tradition popular in late nineteenth-century France, and it was later used as a decorative mural design for the Sorbonne in Paris.