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Jules Joseph LEFEBVRE (1836-1911/12) and his studio The Slave with a Fruit Platter Original oil on canvas 93 x 71 cm Unsigned Our painting is a studio reworking of "L'esclave au plateau de fruits", exhibited at the Ghent Salon in 1874 and acquired by the city's museum, this work illustrates the craze for orientalism at the end of the XIXᵉ century, when academic techniques were put at the service of a dreamed-of Orient. Here, embroidered Ottoman fabrics sit alongside Maghrebi jewelry, supporting a restrained sensuality. The tray of oranges and pomegranates she is carrying reinforces the exoticism of the scene, where the precision of the rendering rivals a delicately dreamlike atmosphere.