This
piece was inspired from his painting, in the center of this court,
the slaves are exposed for sale and in general, to the number
of thirty or forty ... portraying the essence of dejection and
sorrow of Barbarian
slaves chained and shackled while they wait to be sold.
Women slaves would be used as hairdressers, dressmakers, cooks
and servants for rich women. Other slaves worked in small workshops
making leather or silver goods or pots and pans.