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Group of six women in a landscape
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Paintings of women celebrating and being intimate with each other were popular with Europeans. The idea of the ‘exotic’ harem as a place of sensual languor where young women lived a secluded life as sex objects resonated with the Orientalist conception of India. Contemporary memoirs and travel accounts, however, paint a far more complex picture of life in the women’s quarters.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineGroep van zes vrouwen in een landschap. 1700 - 1799. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
