Woman of the Orient
1837 National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
About this artwork
An oil on canvas painting depicting a young woman in an Orientalist setting, created by the Swiss-born French painter Henri Lehmann. The work features precise contours and smooth modeling characteristic of the academic style practiced by students of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres.
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Henri Lehmann was a pupil of the famous Neoclassical master Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, whose influence is evident in the idealized, smooth forms of the sitter. This painting exemplifies the 19th-century European fascination with Orientalism, which often romanticized and aestheticized Eastern cultures through the lens of Western artistic traditions. Despite the title, the subject is rendered with the same meticulous attention to classical harmony that defined Lehmann's broader portraiture.
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Woman of the Orient
Henri Lehmann, 1837
