Meyerheim-Menagerie, 19th century painting
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Fortuny Marroquins, 19th century painting
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Henri Rousseau - Exotic Landscape
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Boym - A black and white drawing of a man reading a book
Polski: Prawdopodobny portret Michała Boyma, rycina z dzieła Athanasiusa Kirchera China Illustrata, Amsterdam 1667, Biblioteka Narodowa, licencja PD, źródło: Polona English: Michał Boym, woodcut
Théodore Chassériau - Orientalist Interior - Nude in a Harem - WGA0480...
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Chinese - Bottle Vase Made for a Portuguese Trader - Walters 491616 - ...
The inscription around the shoulder of this blue and white bottle, written upside-down in imitation of a Portuguese model states that the vase was made in 1552 for Jorge Anriques, a Portuguese trading ship capt... More
Mulato AE - A painting of a man holding a rifle
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Marco Polo traveling, illuminated manuscript
Marco Polo travelling, Miniature from the Book "The Travels of Marco Polo" ("Il milione"), originally published during Polo's lifetime (c. 1254 - January 8, 1324), but frequently reprinted and translated. Españ... More
Murad Turksfull 1918 Life - Public domain portrait print
Advertisement for "Murad" Turkish cigarettes, from the inside front cover of the May 2nd, 1918 issue of LIFE magazine. US advertising artist's idea of exotic harem-like Turkish scene.
Martin Johnson Heade - Passion Flowers with Three Hummingbirds, San An...
Passion Flowers with Three Hummingbirds, oil on canvas painting by Martin Johnson Heade, circa 1875, San Antonio Museum of Art
The dodo & given by G.Edwards 1759
facimile of the Roelant Savery painting "The Dodo & Given" by G.Edwards, 1759. We can see a dodo (Raphus cucullatus) and several birds. The original was owned by George Edward, and given to the British Museum.... More
B152 Rembrandt - A drawing of an old man with a cane
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Hondecoeter Paradise. 17th century painting
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Albrecht Dürer - Head of a Negro - WGA7069
Where Dürer met this man is not known: he may have encountered this subject in a major port city such as Venice or even in the imperial city of Nuremberg, where this African may have been a member of a visiting... More
Max Schödl Stillleben mit orientalischen Antiquitäten 1907
German: Stillleben mit orientalischen Antiquitätentitle QS:P1476,de:"Stillleben mit orientalischen Antiquitäten" label QS:Lde,"Stillleben mit orientalischen Antiquitäten"
Normand, Ernest - Bondage - 1890
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Jean Etienne Liotard - Portrait of a Young Woman
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Agostino Masucci - Portrait of a Noble Boy in Oriental Costume - Walte...
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Hans Weigel-Das Wundertier
Deutsch: Die Giraffe von Hans Weigel English: The giraffe from Hans Weigel
Pre-colonial Native 2 - Public domain dedication image
Native couple in the Philippines Public domain reproduction of illuminated medieval manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Women of Algeria. Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux
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Hanging Gardens of Babylon - Public domain scan / engraving
English: 'Hanging Gardens of Babylon' probably 19th century after the first excavations in the Assyrian capitals. ::The Hanging Gardens of Babylon This hand-coloured engraving probably made in 19th century ... More
Paul Gauguin 139 - The Yorck Project Masterpieces of Painting
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Hubert Vos - A still life with Chinese objects
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Verne - Les Tribulations d’un Chinois en Chine - 019
image of File:Verne - Les Tribulations d’un Chinois en Chine.djvu, page 19 Français : image de File:Verne - Les Tribulations d’un Chinois en Chine.djvu, page 19 Italiano: imagine di File:Verne - Les Tribulat... More
Jan van Kessel II - Noah's Family Assembling Animals before the Ark - ...
These animals gathered by Noah's family to take on the ark in the distance reflect both the amazing variety of nature and man's dominion over nature. The majority were considered exotic by 17th-century European... More
Paul Gauguin, No te aha oe riri (Why Are You Angry?), 1896, 1933.1119,...
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Prosper Marilhat - Landscape with Mosque - Walters 3796
Marilhat participated in a scientific expedition to Greece, Syria, Palestine, and Egypt in 1831. He remained in Cairo for two years, until he was forced by ill health to return to Paris. For the remainder of hi... More
Crouching Tahitian Girl - Paul Gauguin
Crouching Tahitian Girl
The Saracen Army outside Paris, 730-32 AD
The Saracen Army outside Paris, 730-32 AD The dark exoticism of Saracen invaders is stressed in this detail from The Saracen Army outside Paris, by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, painted 1822-27, which actuall... More
Schall-von-bell - Public domain print
Deutsch: Adam Schall von Bell (1592-1666) war Jesuit, Wissenschaftler und Missionar. Latina: Adam Schall Germanus I. Ordinis Mandarinus English: Kircher writes: "Here I think it fitting to include drawings ... More
Masters exotic nursery 001
Masters’ Exotic Nursery: an exotic garden with two springs with supposed medicinal waters and a very tall Lombardy poplar 16ft in girth at base. The nursery occupied 30 acres of land just inside the Westgate, i... More
Elephant Kraal Ayutthaya - Drawing. Public domain image.
Elephant Kraal Ayutthaya — from the book by Henri Mouhot: "Travels in the Central Parts of Indo-China...", 1864.
Szathmári Romanian court members in historical costume 36
Photograph from a portrait album showing Romanian court members in historical dress for a royal costume ball. Hand-coloured by Carol Popp de Szathmary.
Henri Rousseau - Fight Between a Tiger and a Buffalo
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'The Steam House' by Léon Benett 072
An illustration from Jules Verne's novel "The Steam House" drawn by Léon Benett. Polski: Ilustracja powieści Juliusza Verne'a "Dom parowy" autorstwa Léona Benetta. Français : Jules Verne: "La Maison à vapeu... More
Théodore Chassériau 004 - The Yorck Project Masterpieces of Painting
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Hoksyew, Qing Dynasty - A drawing of a town with a river and mountains...
An 18th century picture of the city of Hoksyew (in Foochow language) or Fu-chew-fu (in Mandarin language), the capital of Fokyen (Fujian) in the southeast coast of China, which is known as Fuzhou in modern man... More
Andrea del Sarto - Triumph of Caesar (detail) - WGA00383
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Anonymous Venetian orientalist painting, The Reception of the Ambassad...
This famous canvas, probably painted in the workshop of Gentile Bellini (d. 1507), depicts the Mamluk governor of Damascus granting and audience to some Venetians at the beginning of the sixteenth century. The ... More
Dutch - Cabinet with Chinese and American Motifs - Walters 6589
This cabinet was made by a Dutch craftsman to imitate the expensive lacquered Chinese and Japanese chests imported by the Dutch East India Company. The painter adapted some motifs, such as the pagodas on the dr... More
Szene aus China Bootsbauer c1780
Deutsch: Szene aus China: Landschaft mit Bootsbauern; Öl auf Leinwand. ca. 26,5 x 21,5 cm
Max Schödl Stillleben mit Sarazenenhelm
German: Stillleben mit Sarezenenhelm.title QS:P1476,de:"Stillleben mit Sarezenenhelm." label QS:Lde,"Stillleben mit Sarezenenhelm."
Entfuhrung aus dem Serail484
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (center) attended a performance of his own opera Die Entführung aus dem Serail in Berlin in 1789.
Willem Kalf - Still-Life with a Late Ming Ginger Jar - WGA12080
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A European in Delhi watching a nautch and smoking a hookah - Anon, c.1...
A European, probably Sir David Ochterlony (1758-1825), in Indian dress, smoking a hookah and watching a nautch in his house at Delhi. Watercolour.
Jean-Paul Flandrin - Odalisque with Slave - Walters 37887
An odalisque (female member of a harem) reclines exposed in the harem listening to a servant's lute music. This painting was commissioned by King Wilhelm I of Württemberg and was executed by Ingres with the ass... More
Dancer with tambourine - Egypt
Heliogravure Egypt - Dancer with tambourine Public domain photograph of 19th-century female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Lauret-Femme algérienne
Français : Aquarelle. Portrait d'une femme algérienne dans son intérieur par Lauret Aîné (1809-1882).
Antoine-Louis Barye - "Surtout de table" - Tiger Hunt - Walters 27176 ...
One can imagine this hunting scene taking place in the exotic East. This sculpture originally stood on a five-foot-high, gilt-bronze triumphal arch in the middle of the duke of Orléans's centerpiece. Three Indi... More
Map decoration in an Indian Ocean map by Allard
17th-century map centered on the Indian Ocean by Allard
Tsingtau Postkarten ca 1900 Kiautschou
historic postcard of Qingdao, China (around 1900)
Jules Migonney - Venus mauresque
Français : Vénus mauresque Public domain photograph of erotic art, sexuality, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A Mughal nobleman on horseback, a Mughal miniature, c.1656-1661
A Mughal nobleman on horseback; after a Mughal miniature, a man, with slight beard, holding a two-headed lance seated on a horse which is rearing to right. c.1656-1661 Pen and brown ink with brown and grey wash... More
Judge August 11 1900 Bryan Against American Imperialism
11 August 1900 Judge magazine cover cartoon. "A POWERFUL DEMOCRATIC ARGUMENT AGAINST IMPERIALISM". “Bryan- ‘Everybody is against imperialism. Now, here’s Me and the Boxer and the Filipino. What more do youse ... More
Campagnola Procession of elephants
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B098 Rembrandt - A black and white drawing of a man on a horse
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Brooklyn Museum - "A l'Exposition Universelle - Section Égyptienne" - ...
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Francisco Lameyer y Berenguer - Combat de Maures 1
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Jean-Baptiste Pillement - A chinoiserie procession of figures riding o...
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Man in Oriental Costume, by Rembrandt van Rijn
Orientalism Public domain photograph of a 17th-century painting by Rembrandt van Rijn, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
'The Steam House' by Léon Benett 002
An illustration from Jules Verne's novel "The Steam House" drawn by Léon Benett. Polski: Ilustracja powieści Juliusza Verne'a "Dom parowy" autorstwa Léona Benetta. Français : Jules Verne: "La Maison à vapeu... More
Italy Bust of a black man 03
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Henri Rousseau theRepastOfTheLion
The Repast of the Lion, ca. 1907 Henri-Julien-Félix Rousseau (le Douanier) (French, 1844–1910) Oil on canvas; 44 3/4 x 63 in. (113.7 x 160 cm) Bequest of Sam A. Lewisohn, 1951 (51.112.5) Metropolitan Museum O... More
Sumxu - Public domain portrait engraving
Engraving of the Sumxu (from Chinese 松鼠, songshu, i.e. "squirrel"), a domestic animal "not dissimilar to the cat". Latina: Est hoc animal domesticum, Sumxu dictum, feli haud absimile, nigri & subinde crocei col... More
Orientale mit Apfelschimmel rem
Orientale mit Apfelschimmel, Marke: W mit Stern (blau), Wallendorf/Thüringen, um 1775; Porzellan, Muffel-Technik Gallery: Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen, Mannheim
Melchior Lorck Camelrider2
Melchior Lorck, Woodcut of a camel rider, from: Wolgerissene und Geschnittene Figuren (publ. 1646).
Bullock ancient mexico - Public domain engraving
Engraving by Agostino Aglio of William Bullock's exhibition, Ancient Mexico.
Ludwigsburg Man and boy in chinese dress VA C739-1923
Chinoiserie figure group in hard-paste porcelain comprising a Mandarin with an attendant small boy painted in enamels and gilded, made by the Ludwigsburg porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1766. Modeller: Joseph A... More