Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Slave Market

Slave market (1866) by the French painter Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904).

Despite all "realism" I'm sure that Gérôme never had seen a scene like this. The examination of the teeth is a nice detail but pure fantasy. A buyer of young women wouldn't have been very interested in her teeth.
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  1. AnonymousOctober 19, 2010 at 5:51 PM

    Also, I'm sure a girl being sold as a sex slave isn't going to look so fondly at her buyer!

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  2. AnonymousApril 29, 2012 at 4:30 PM

    the slave dealer gave her probably a sedative

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