Khalil-Bey

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Khalil-Bey was a 19th-century Ottoman diplomat and art collector best known for owning several provocative works, including Gustave Courbet’s erotic painting "The Origin of the World."

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instanceOf Ottoman diplomat
art collector
artCollectionCharacteristic considered scandalous in his time
included many nudes and erotic subjects
countryOfCitizenship Ottoman Empire
culture Ottoman Empire
surface form: Ottoman
genreCollected Orientalist art
erotic art
historicalReputation noted figure in histories of The Origin of the World
knownFor maintaining a large and provocative art collection in Paris
languageOfWorkOrName French
Ottoman Turkish
movementContext 19th-century French art scene
notableFor commissioning and collecting erotic artworks
owning Gustave Courbet’s painting The Origin of the World
notableWorkCollected Le Sommeil
The Origin of the World
other erotic paintings by Gustave Courbet
works by Eugène Delacroix
works by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
works by other 19th-century French painters
occupation art collector
diplomat
patronOf Gustave Courbet
other 19th-century French artists
residence Paris
timePeriod 19th century

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