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La Toilette
The Toilette
Frédéric Bazille · 1870
Musée Fabre
Montpellier, France
About this painting
Bazille aimed this Orientalist harem scene squarely at Salon juror Jean-Léon Gérôme's taste — the jury rejected it anyway, months before Bazille was killed in the war.
Painting Details
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
130 × 128 cm (51.2 × 50.4 in)
Painted at
Paris, France
Current location
Musée Fabre, Montpellier
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