Slave of love and Light of the eyes () is a 1900 genre painting by the French artist Nasreddine Dinet.
Description
Slave of love and Light of the eyes is an oil painting by Nasreddine Dinet, created in 1900. The painting depicts the Arab legend of two lovers: Abd-el-Gheram and Nouriel-Aîn. It is housed at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.
The painting was purchased by the French Third Republic in 1901.
Based on the painting by Étienne Dinet, the engraver Camille-Alexandre Lesage produced a print in 1913 titled Esclave d'amour. A copy of it is held at the Petit Palais in Paris.
In 2024, the painting is being presented among the works in the exhibition Nasreddine Dinet, Algerian Passions at the Institut du monde arabe.
References
See also Orientalism