02 Paintings by Orientalist Artists, Gustav Bauernfeind’s Jaffa, with footnotes, #97

Gustav Bauernfeind (1848–1904)
Market in Jaffa, c. 1887

Oil on canvas
height: 82 cm (32.2 in); width: 109 cm (42.9 in)
Private collection

Jaffa, the southern and oldest part of Tel Aviv-Yafo, is an ancient port city in Palestine. Jaffa is known for its association with the biblical stories of Jonah, Solomon and Saint Peter as well as the mythological story of Andromeda and Perseus, and later for its oranges…

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