The Blonde Odalisque

The 1751 version of the painting, which is currently held in the Wallraf–Richartz Museum in Cologne.
The 1752 version of the painting, which is currently held in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich.

The Blonde Odalisque, or Resting Girl (French: Jeune fille allongée, Jeune fille couchée or L'Odalisque blonde), are two oil-on-canvas paintings by the French painter François Boucher. The paintings feature a naked woman on her stomach on a couch. The first was made in 1751, whilst the second was made in 1752, although both were made by Boucher. The nude figure is thought to be Marie-Louise O'Murphy,[1] one of the many mistresses of King Louis XV of France, who was only 14-15 years old when the painting was made.[2] The paintings fall into the odalisque genre.

  1. ^ "François Boucher: Blonde Odalisque (1752); Alte Pinakothek, München".
  2. ^ "Marie-Louise O'Murphy, the Versailles king's Irish mistress". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2023-09-09.