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Odalisque

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Odalisque

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

1825

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The story

Ingres drew this lithograph to reproduce and publicize an important painting he had already made, and it doubled as an experiment in a medium new to him. The turbaned nude, looking back over her shoulder, stood for his idea of ideal beauty.

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Object details

Title: Odalisque
Artist: Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Date: 1825
Culture: French
Medium: Lithograph
Object type: Prints
Collection: Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit line: Image source clevelandart.org. License CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0).
Object number: EFA.0408
Original image: 3000 × 2254 px
Source record: View on clevelandart.org
License evidence: See the license

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Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. Odalisque. 1825. Cleveland Museum of Art. Image source clevelandart.org. License CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0). In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0408/

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