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The Most Famous Artworks of Orientalism

The 60 most celebrated works of the Orientalism movement, ranked by renown across 881 works in the catalog.

A note on the ranking: "fame" here is a measure of renown, not of merit — synthesised from how widely a work is cited and held. It leans toward the Western canon and the best-digitised collections. Read it as a popular index, not a verdict.

  1. Salome
    Salome Henri Regnault · 1870
  2. Pygmalion and Galatea
    Pygmalion and Galatea Jean Léon Gérôme · 1896
  3. Slave Market in Rome
    Slave Market in Rome Jean Léon Gérôme · 1892
  4. The Great Bath at Bursa
    The Great Bath at Bursa Jean Léon Gérôme · 1893
  5. Cleopatra Testing Poisons on Condemned Prisoners
    Cleopatra Testing Poisons on Condemned Prisoners Alexandre Cabanel
  6. Moorish Bath
    Moorish Bath Jean Léon Gérôme · 1870
  7. Pool in a Harem
    Pool in a Harem Jean Léon Gérôme · 1888
  8. A Mosque
    A Mosque Alberto Pasini · 1872
  9. Odalisque
    Odalisque Jules Lefebvre · 1874
  10. Halt of Caravans at the Wells of Saba (Beersheba) in the Desert South of Hebron
    Halt of Caravans at the Wells of Saba (Beersheba) in the Desert South of Hebron Baron de Coubertin Charles Louis de Frédy · 1850
  11. The Arab Jeweler
    The Arab Jeweler Charles Sprague Pearce · 1882
  12. Arabs Crossing a Ford
    Arabs Crossing a Ford Eugène Fromentin · 1873
  13. An Egyptian in a Doorway
    An Egyptian in a Doorway Lawrence Alma-Tadema · 1865
  14. The Missionary's Adventures
    The Missionary's Adventures Jehan Georges Vibert · 1892
  15. Scene in the Jewish Quarter of Constantine
    Scene in the Jewish Quarter of Constantine Théodore Chassériau · 1851
  16. Cafe House, Cairo (Casting Bullets)
    Cafe House, Cairo (Casting Bullets) Jean Léon Gérôme · 1890
  17. The Rajah Starting on a Hunt
    The Rajah Starting on a Hunt Edwin Lord Weeks · 1885
  18. William Edward Dighton (1822–1853) in Middle Eastern Dress
    William Edward Dighton (1822–1853) in Middle Eastern Dress Frederick Goodall · 1852
  19. Sketch for "Reception of Emperor Napoleon III and Empress Eugénie by the Kabyle Leaders at Algiers on September 18, 1860"
    Sketch for "Reception of Emperor Napoleon III and Empress Eugénie by the Kabyle Leaders at Algiers on September 18, 1860" Isidore Pils · 1864
  20. The Arab Sage
    The Arab Sage Unknown · 1849
  21. The Serbian Concubine (Un Envoi de Serbie)
    The Serbian Concubine (Un Envoi de Serbie) Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant · 1888
  22. The Arab Falconer
    The Arab Falconer Eugène Fromentin · 1864
  23. Moorish Guard
    Moorish Guard Edwin Lord Weeks · 1890
  24. Wedding Procession
    Wedding Procession Victor Eeckhout · 1860
  25. Harem Scene
    Harem Scene Henry Siddons Mowbray · 1892
  26. The Sultan's Tiger
    The Sultan's Tiger Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant · 1892
  27. Odalisque
    Odalisque Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant · 1892
  28. A Mosque
    A Mosque Alberto Pasini · 1894
  29. Western Gentleman in Oriental Costume
    Western Gentleman in Oriental Costume Unknown · 1842
  30. Battle Scene: Arabs Making a Detour
    Battle Scene: Arabs Making a Detour Adolf Schreyer · 1873
  31. Odalisque with Slave
    Odalisque with Slave Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres · 1842
  32. Arab Warrior
    Arab Warrior Horace Vernet · 1817
  33. Arabs on the March
    Arabs on the March Adolf Schreyer · 1873
  34. Untitled
    Untitled Unknown · 1899
  35. A Bashi-Bazouk
    A Bashi-Bazouk Charles Bargue · 1875
  36. An Egyptian Peasant Woman and Her Child
    An Egyptian Peasant Woman and Her Child Léon Bonnat · 1870
  37. Snake Charmer at Tangier, Africa
    Snake Charmer at Tangier, Africa Louis Comfort Tiffany · 1872
  38. A Cairo Bazaar
    A Cairo Bazaar Adrien Dauzats · 1839
  39. Open Doorway, Morocco
    Open Doorway, Morocco John Singer Sargent · 1890
  40. Awaiting the Reply
    Awaiting the Reply Robert Charles Dudley · 1866
  41. Seated Arab Man with Horse
    Seated Arab Man with Horse Alfred de Dreux · 1854
  42. The Odalisque
    The Odalisque Mariano Fortuny Marsal · 1861
  43. Almée
    Almée Nathaniel Sichel · 1500
  44. The Combat of the Giaour and Hassan
    The Combat of the Giaour and Hassan Eugène Delacroix · 1826
  45. Arab Saddling his Horse
    Arab Saddling his Horse Eugène Delacroix · 1855
  46. The Tulip Folly
    The Tulip Folly Jean Léon Gérôme · 1892
  47. A Chief of Abyssinia
    A Chief of Abyssinia Henri Regnault · 1870
  48. La Chasse aux lions au Maroc
    La Chasse aux lions au Maroc Eugène Delacroix · 1861
  49. Untitled
    Untitled Unknown · 1749
  50. Study of Two Figures
    Study of Two Figures Edwin Lord Weeks · 1890
  51. Nourmahal
    Nourmahal Unknown · 1924
  52. The Dream after the Ball
    The Dream after the Ball Hans Makart · 1872
  53. The Great Pyramid, Giza
    The Great Pyramid, Giza Adrien Dauzats · 1834
  54. Lion on the Watch
    Lion on the Watch Jean Léon Gérôme · 1893
  55. Alhucemas Landing
    Alhucemas Landing José Moreno Carbonero · 1929
  56. The Slave Market
    The Slave Market Jean Léon Gérôme · 1866
  57. The Snake Charmer
    The Snake Charmer Jean Léon Gérôme · 1890
  58. Study of Palm Trees
    Study of Palm Trees Jean Léon Gérôme · 1868
  59. Egyptian Revival Triptych
    Egyptian Revival Triptych Unknown · 1893
  60. Mill on Jawa
    Mill on Jawa H.Th. Hesselaar · 1851