Odalisque with a Slave
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Odalisque
with a Slave (French: L'Odalisque à l'esclave) is a 1839 orientalist
painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres commissioned by Charles Marcotte. The painting is on display at the Fogg Art Museum
in Cambridge, Massachusetts
. Ingres made a similar version (shown at right) in 1842 with the help of two of his students, Paul and Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin
, which is at the Walters Art Museum
in Baltimore
. It differs from the original by the presence of a garden painted by Paul Flandrin, inspired by the park at the Château de Dampierre
.
Odalisque
An odalisque was a female slave in an Ottoman seraglio. She was an assistant or apprentice to the concubines and wives, and she might rise in status to become one of them...
with a Slave (French: L'Odalisque à l'esclave) is a 1839 orientalist
Orientalism
Orientalism is a term used for the imitation or depiction of aspects of Eastern cultures in the West by writers, designers and artists, as well as having other meanings...
painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres commissioned by Charles Marcotte. The painting is on display at the Fogg Art Museum
Fogg Art Museum
The Fogg Museum, opened to the public in 1896, is the oldest of Harvard University's art museums. The Fogg joins the Busch-Reisinger Museum and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum as part of the Harvard Art Museums....
in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
. Ingres made a similar version (shown at right) in 1842 with the help of two of his students, Paul and Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin
Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin
Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin was a 19th-century French painter. His celebrated 1836 work Jeune Homme Nu Assis au Bord de la Mer is in the Louvre.-Early life:...
, which is at the Walters Art Museum
Walters Art Museum
The Walters Art Museum, located in Baltimore, Maryland's Mount Vernon neighborhood, is a public art museum founded in 1934. The museum's collection was amassed substantially by two men, William Thompson Walters , who began serious collecting when he moved to Paris at the outbreak of the American...
in Baltimore
Baltimore
Baltimore is the largest independent city in the United States and the largest city and cultural center of the US state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore...
. It differs from the original by the presence of a garden painted by Paul Flandrin, inspired by the park at the Château de Dampierre
Château de Dampierre
The Château de Dampierre is the castle in Dampierre-en-Yvelines, in the Vallée de Chevreuse, France.Built by Jules Hardouin-Mansart, 1675-1683 for the duc de Chevreuse, Colbert's son-in-law, it is a French Baroque château of manageable size...
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External links
- http://www.artmuseums.harvard.edu/collection/detail.dot?objectid=1943.251&startDate=&sort=Accession+%23&objtitle=&department=&subject=¢ury=&endDate=&object=&sortInSession=false&historicalPeriod=&viewlightbox=false&mediaTek=&relatedworks=false&accession=&origPage=1&creationPlaceTerm=%28Any%29&artist=Ingres%2C+Jean-Auguste-Dominique&creationPlace=&culture=&fulltext=&pc=1&page=2Record of the painting at the Fogg Art museum]
- Record of the painting at the Walters Art Museum