Odalisque with Slave 1842

"Odalisque with Slave" (1842), a painting by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, depicts a reclining female figure, an odalisque, in a luxurious Ottoman setting. The odalisque is adorned with a pearl necklace and her body is partially draped in a sheer fabric. She is attended to by a slave woman playing a stringed instrument and a male servant standing in the background. The meticulously rendered details and the use of rich colors are characteristic of Ingres' Neoclassical style, which emphasized precision, clarity, and idealized beauty. The painting exemplifies the Orientalist fascination with the Middle East and its culture prevalent in 19th-century European art.