A contemplative dervish meticulously trains tortoises through art in Osman Hamdi Bey's 1906 masterpiece The Tortoise Trainer, an iconic Orientalist oil painting available for your collection.
Orientalism
Turkish
Canvas
Sakıp Sabancı Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
Oil on Canvas
72 x 53 cm
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