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The scene is a Turkish bath in the Sultan’s harem during the Ottoman Empire, as depicted in a detailed 19th-century Orientalist oil painting by Jean-Léon Gérôme. The painting illustrates a nude woman squatting by the water. The plump African woman has dark skin with black hair and brown eyes. The bath house has detailed mosaic tiles with geometric Arabic patterns. Various other diverse nude and partially undressed women are in the background, bathing in the water or reclining on luxurious embroidered pillows and colorful Persian rugs. The curvy Black woman is the focus of the traditional media oil painting.