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.^{[1] [2]} 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.^[3] Today the painting is in the collection of the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg.^[4]

Pool in a Harem
Artist	Jean-Léon Gérôme
Year	1876
Medium	Oil on canvas, academic art
Dimensions	73.5 cm × 62 cm (28.9 in × 24 in)
Location	Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg

See also

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