The Grief of the Pasha
The Grief of the Pasha
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The Lore
The Grief of the Pasha, 1885
Jean-Léon Gérôme drew inspiration from Victor Hugo's poem La Douleur du Pacha (The Grief of the Pasha). The poem's final line consists of a single sentence: "His Nubian tiger died." In the painting, the majestic tiger lies on a bed of pink roses atop a blue rug, while the grief-stricken pasha rests his head on one hand and absently fingers his prayer beads with the other.
The scene brings together elements from across the Islamic world. The architecture is inspired by the Alhambra in Spain; the candlestick on the left is Safavid in style, while the one on the right is Ottoman. The title pasha refers to a high-ranking Ottoman official, and the Bengal tiger is native to the Indian subcontinent. Gérôme even corrected Hugo's geography, depicting a Bengal tiger rather than a Nubian one, since tigers are not native to Nubia.
Rather than portraying a specific place, Gérôme creates an idealized vision of the Orient for his European audience, combining diverse architectural, cultural, and artistic traditions into a single evocative setting.
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