''The Brunette Odalisque'' (french: L'Odalisque or ''l'Odalisque brune'') is a 1745 oil-on-canvas painting by French artist

François Boucher François Boucher ( , ; ; 29 September 1703 – 30 May 1770) was a French painter, draughtsman and etcher, who worked in the Rococo style. Boucher is known for his idyllic and voluptuous paintings on classical themes, decorative allegories ...

, now in the

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. The painter's signature is engraved on the low table. He later produced two other works in the

odalisque An odalisque (, tr, odalık) was a chambermaid or a female attendant in a Turkish seraglio, particularly the court ladies in the household of the Ottoman sultan. In western usage, the term came to mean the harem concubine, and refers to the ...

genre, both known as ''

The Blonde Odalisque ''The Blonde Odalisque'' or ''Resting Girl'' (french: Jeune fille allongée, ''Jeune fille couchée'' or ''L'Odalisque blonde'') is the title of two oil-on-canvas paintings by the French artist François Boucher. The first dates to 1751 and is n ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Brunette Odalisque, The 1745 paintings Paintings by François Boucher Nude art Paintings in the Louvre by French artists