Political events in the 19th century brought the theme of the Orient to the attention of artists and painters. In particular, the upheavals affecting the Ottoman Empire, such as the liberation of Greece, the conquest of Algeria by France in 1830 and the formation of nation states in the Balkans, are discussed in newspapers and caricatures. In addition, there is a geographically diffuse, romanticized notion of a luxurious oriental world that included North Africa, Egypt, the Levant, Turkey and sometimes even India in painting. Famous painters such as Eugène Delacroix, Alexandre Decamps and Eugène Fromentin shaped orientalist painting in France from 1830, which Spitzweg saw during his trip to Paris and at the World Exhibition in London in 1851. Here he also visited the Ottoman-Turkish pavilions with fabrics, clothing, handicrafts and a bazaar specially recreated for this presentation. As a result, several paintings were created that show how stimulating the journey was for Spitzweg's imagination and creativity. He also drew inspiration for earlier drawings and motifs from Napoleon Bonaparte's "Description de l'Egypte" from 1809. The idea of \u8203\u8203 the harem and a tabooed eroticism fascinated Western artists. In the present work, Spitzweg stages the alley in which the walker in a yellow caftan finds a rose in a dreamy and hazy light. [KT]