Grande Odalisque (1814) by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, Canvas Art Print from the Original

Original public domain art from The Louvre, digitally enhanced. Oil on canvas.

Original dimensions: 88.9 cm × 162.56 cm (35 inches × 64 inches).

Grande Odalisque attracted wide criticism when it was first shown. It is renowned for the elongated proportions and lack of anatomical realism. The work is owned by the Louvre Museum, Paris which purchased the work in 1899. It was commissioned by Napoleon's sister, Queen Caroline Murat of Naples.

Ingres drew upon works such as Dresden Venus by Giorgione, and Titian's Venus of Urbino as inspiration for his reclining nude figure, though the actual pose of a reclining figure looking back over her shoulder is directly drawn from the Portrait of Madame Récamier (1800) by Jacques-Louis David.

This work shows a concubine in languid pose as seen from behind with distorted proportions. The small head, elongated limbs, and cool colour scheme all reveal influences from Mannerists such as Parmigianino, whose Madonna with the Long Neck was also famous for anatomical distortion. This eclectic mix of styles, combining classical form with Romantic themes, prompted harsh criticism when it was first shown in 1814. Critics viewed Ingres as a rebel against the contemporary style of form and content. When the painting was first shown in the Salon de Paris of 1819, one critic remarked that the work had "neither bones nor muscle, neither blood, nor life, nor relief, indeed nothing that constitutes imitation." 

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