Kaplumbağa Terbiyecisi (The Tortoise Trainer)
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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