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Marià Fortuny / The Odalisque

The Odalisque

1861 · Oil on cardboard

A nude odalisque reclines on a divan while a musician plays behind her, painted by the young Fortuny in Rome.

MovementOOrientalism
LocationBarcelona, Spain
Genrenude
Dimensions56.9 × 81 cm

Why it matters

A nude odalisque reclines before a Turkish man playing what looks like a baglama.

Did you know?

  • It was painted in 1861 in Rome.
  • Fortuny was a Catalan painter.
  • It is in the MNAC in Barcelona.

Based on the Wikipedia article The Odalisque (painting) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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