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Osman Hamdi Bey: The Tortoise Trainer

Artist



Description	Ottoman anthropologist, painter, art historian, archaeologist and politician
Date of birth/death	30 December 1842	24 February 1910
Location of birth/death	Istanbul	Kuruçeşme
Work period	1867-1910
Work location	Paris, Istanbul
Authority file	: Q1190012 VIAF: 69709243 ISNI: 000000010783353X ULAN: 500050901 LCCN: n88667553 Open Library: OL1000366A WorldCat

Title

The Tortoise Trainer

Object type

painting

Genre

satire

Description

English: Tortoise Trainer; oil on canvas, 221.5 x 120 cm. According to modern researchers (Bettelheim, Matthew P. and Ertan Taskavak. 2006. The Tortoise and the Tulip - Testudo graeca ibera and Osman Hamdi's "The Tortoise Trainer". Bibliotheca Herpetologica. 6(2): pp 11-15.), the animals portrayed are Testudo graeca ibera, a variety of the Spur-thighed Tortoise

Türkçe: "Kaplumbağa Terbiyecisi"

Русский: "Дрессировщик черепах"

Date

1906

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 221.5 cm (87.2 in)

; width: 120 cm (47.2 in)

Collection

Pera Museum

	Native name	Pera Müzesi
	Location	Istanbul
	Coordinates	41° 01′ 54.5″ N, 28° 58′ 30.7″ E
	Established	2005
	Website	www.peramuseum.org.tr
	Authority file	: Q1662392 VIAF: 157501529 LCCN: n2007000163 GND: 6058914-0 SUDOC: 130039640 BNF: 15097407x WorldCat

Accession number

PM_GAP_PC.045 (Pera Museum)

Notes

Online Gallery page

References

Source/Photographer

Pera Museum

	Native name	Pera Müzesi
	Location	Istanbul
	Coordinates	41° 01′ 54.5″ N, 28° 58′ 30.7″ E
	Established	2005
	Website	www.peramuseum.org.tr
	Authority file	: Q1662392 VIAF: 157501529 LCCN: n2007000163 GND: 6058914-0 SUDOC: 130039640 BNF: 15097407x WorldCat

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Other versions

First version, 1906
Second version, 1907

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