Entering the Harem
Although Clairin based the architecture and costumes in this painting on observed reality, the painting is very much a work of historical fiction. Clairin imagines a sheik in billowing robes about to enter to his harem—a woman pulls aside the curtain to give the viewer a glimp...
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Drawing
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35600
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drawing
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normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
John Wolfe [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale [from Catalogue of Mr. John Wolfe's Gallery of Valuable Paintings], New York, April 5- 6, 1882, no. 16; William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1882, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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CC0
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language
en
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pageCount
2
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source
import
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| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/ARG_37.82_Fnt_UK.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/ARG_37.82_Fnt_UK.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/ARG_37.82_Fnt_UK.jpg |
| imageCount | 2 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.82 |
Terms
Medium
oil on canvas
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