Sep 12, 2025
A Turkish Sign of Love
Artist: Moritz Oppenheim (German, 1800-1882)
Date: 1841
Medium: Oil on canvas
Collection: Property of the Jazairy Collection
Description
Catalogue note
On a roof terrace, which offers a view over an oriental city in the evening light, a man sits cross-legged. His clothes, the carpets and the brass-coloured water pipe evoke an atmosphere of subtle luxury.
On closer inspection, action unfolds, in the upper right-hand corner a delicate hand appears behind a curtain. It seems to have just dropped the rose that lies in the foreground. Following this ‘sign of love’, the protagonist turns upwards and makes eye contact.
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