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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Khalil-Bey canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ottoman diplomat ⓘ
art collector ⓘ
artCollectionCharacteristic considered scandalous in his time ⓘ
included many nudes and erotic subjects ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Ottoman Empire ⓘ
culture Ottoman ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Empire
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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