Odalisque (1825): Art, History and Details
Odalisque at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1825, lithograph. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Odalisque (1825) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (French, 1780–1867).
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
Ingres executed this lithograph to reproduce and publicize an important picture that he had previously painted. However, the lithograph also represents experimentation with an unfamiliar medium, but the artist's assured draftsmanship makes the print successful.
Object facts
- Title: Odalisque
- Date: 1825
- Creator attribution: Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (French, 1780–1867)
- Culture: France, 19th century
- Type: Print
- Technique: lithograph
- Dimensions: Sheet: 26.7 x 34.8 cm (10 1/2 x 13 11/16 in.); Image: 13 x 20.9 cm (5 1/8 x 8 1/4 in.)
- Collection: PR - Lithograph
- Department: Prints
- Accession number: 1943.177
A detail from the museum
The female nude seen here represented Ingres's conception of ideal beauty.
Collection credit
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection
Further reading listed by the museum
- Catalogue of an exhibition of the art of lithography: commemorating the sesquicentennial of its invention, 1798-1948. [Cleveland]: The Cleveland Museum of Art, November 11, 1948-January 2, 1949.
View the collection record
See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
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