01 Paintings by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, 31

Alphonse Pellet, (French, 19th Century)

In the seraglio/ Harem Nude Bathing

Oil on canvas

59 x 39in (150 x 99cm)

Private collection

A seraglio or serail is the sequestered living quarters used by wives and concubines in an Ottoman household. The term harem is a generic term for domestic spaces reserved for women in a Muslim family, which can also refer to the women themselves. The Ottoman imperial harem was known in Ottoman Turkish as Harem-i Hümâyûn. More on a seraglio

Louis-Alphonse Moreau was born in New Orleans, United States. Maureau, according to Edgar Degas' recommendation, participated in the Third Exhibition of Impressionists in 1877.

In 1881, Alphonse Maureau exhibited at the Hôtel Drouot. More on Louis-Alphonse Moreau 

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