Odalisque
This highly eroticized harem scene is a fantasy on the part of the artist, reflecting long-standing prejudiced beliefs about beauty. The artist makes a blond and white-skinned woman the focus of the painting. It may be that she is intended to represent a Circassian, an ethnic...
Images (3)
Drawing
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id
18275
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drawing
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stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Wilhelm I, King of Wurtemberg, 1842, by commission; Delessert [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Baron Gustave de Rothschild, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sir Phillip Sassoon, London [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Wildenstein and Co., New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1925, by purchase [with encouragement of Bryson Burroughs, Wildenstein & Co.]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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rightsUri
CC0
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language
en
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pageCount
3
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import
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Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_37.887_Fnt_TR_T92IB.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_37.887_Fnt_TR_T92IB.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_37.887_Fnt_TR_T92IB.jpg |
| imageCount | 3 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.887 |
Terms
Medium
oil on canvas
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