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Kaplumbağa Terbiyecisi (The Tortoise Trainer) (upload.wikimedia.org)
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Osman Hamdi Bey

1906

oil on canvas

221.5 cm × 120.0 cm (87.2 in × 47.24 in)

Pera Museum, Istanbul

Hamdi's painting of an anachronistic historical character attempting to train tortoises is usually interpreted as a satire on the slow and ineffective attempts at reforming the Ottoman Empire.

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[–] Salamendacious@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

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