Why it matters
Parisian women pose in Algerian costume in an imagined harem, Renoir's homage to Delacroix's Women of Algiers, which he called 'the most beautiful picture in existence'. The title openly admits the artificiality of much Orientalist painting.
Did you know?
- It was completed in 1872.
- It was rejected by the Salon of 1872.
- It is in the National Museum of Western Art in Tokyo.
Based on the Wikipedia article Parisian Women in Algerian Costume (The Harem) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
