painting french known oil canvas painting french academic artist completed work originally commissioned french unhappy finished painting returned exhibited salon painting earliest modern depictions emerging carpet presence minor historical arose translation scene change word carpet time work considered classic example mass produced allowing reach wide audience painting held california banker remained mills family art collection century sold private collector background nineteenth century french painter sculptor age came attention art world salon fight neo painting praised works informed frequent travels middle_east visits egypt specialized historical painting known leader academic art movement according historian painted erotic subjects photographic approach sensual charge avoided use oriental historical contexts pornographic contemporaries removal contemporary society oriental context french writer proposed subject letter sent december wealthy french later commissioned painting intending display mansion according american art critic work originally painted silk designed transparency lowered raised midway long saloon mansion desirable divide occasionally development previous oil paintings number sketches preparation work shows lying ground stretching variation finished version shown hands desk instead work finished position changed standing bent painted scene based meeting written greek historian century incident took place visited egypt notes acquired numerous abundant local color exact detail informed painting egyptian background setting work derived plate volume depicts temple completion exhibition disliked finished painting commissioned returned notes felt work expensive modified painting adding canvas strength subsequently purchased father law leading art nineteenth century france met married daughter marie years later works presented salon exhibited title painting appeared exhibition longer brought carpet description painting depicts year stands servant finished smuggling palace inside figures shown approximately half life size exhibition work known titles recently critical reception american project describes painting classic example containing sex slavery nudity called companion piece earlier work painting notable depictions nineteenth century peasant historical translation brother william published source use word carpet describe material servant sneak palace original meaning akin today known bag time translation carpet meant type thick fabric actual nineteenth century change led word taking different meaning legend hiding historically inaccurate popular image modern art influence professional relationship art collector allowed paintings mass produced form photographs reaching people wider culture britain united_states time theatrical hollywood productions looked painting inspiration argues work influenced irish playwright play particularly carpet scene act iii history paintings influenced composition cinematic scenes portraying ancient history painting bought california banker philanthropist new_york real estate developer 1870s remained mills family art collection sold private collector
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