The Mid-East

One great piece is German painter Ferdinand Max Bredt's [1868-1921] "Queen of the Harem". Usually Orientalist work can slide too quickly into fantasy and the male gaze, but this portrait seems atypically interesting and subdued. Look here to see more of his work.

Be sure to try his unique "In einem Innenhof, Tunis", ['In a courtyard, Tunis'] as it is a painting with a very interesting and special model. Harem girls are rarely painted as people who have olive skin, seeing as the painters were mostly Western Europeans, but there it is different.