Halt of Caravans at the Wells of Saba (Beersheba) in the Desert South of Hebron 1850

Charles de Coubertin's "Halt of Caravans at the Wells of Saba (Beersheba) in the Desert South of Hebron," painted in 1850, depicts a caravan resting in a desert oasis. The painting, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, captures the bustling activity of a caravan stop, with people and animals gathered around a well, while the vast desert stretches out behind them. The artist's attention to detail in the figures, animals, and the landscape creates a sense of realism and historical accuracy, inviting viewers to imagine the life of a desert caravan in the 19th century. Orientalism, desert landscape, caravan, Middle Eastern art, Charles de Coubertin.