The Slave Market (Vernet)
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| Artist | Horace Vernet |
| Year | 1836 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, genre painting |
| Dimensions | 65 cm × 54 cm (26 in × 21 in) |
| Location | Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin |
The Slave Market (French: Le Marché d'esclaves) is an 1836 genre painting by the French artist Horace Vernet.[1] It depicts a slave market in the Middle East. Vernet produced a number of orientalist works following his visits to North Africa in the wake of the French Conquest of Algeria.[2] Today the painting is in the collection of the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin.[3]
