The scene is a crowded street in an Arabian town during the Ottoman Empire, as depicted in a 19th- century Orientalist oil painting by Jean- Leon Gerome. The painting depicts a market street, and the buildings in the background feature traditional Arabic architecture with geometric details around the doorways and windows. There is a tall minaret, and various domed buildings in the distance. The men and women in the painting are wearing colorful traditional Arabic clothing. In the foreground, the focus of the oil painting is an older woman selling vegetables like tomatoes, cucumbers, and cabbages, gesturing to another woman in traditional Arabic clothing. Nearby stalls are selling piles of rich fabrics, chickens in stacked cages, and goats
