So according to Wikipedia Harem refers to the sphere of women in a usually polygynous household and their quarters which is enclosed and forbidden to men. Painting or illustrations that have harem women have caught my eye lately and this what I have found and collected in the past few days.
Trouillebert, The Harem Servant
(fave)
Ingres, La Grande Odalisque
(and this one too)
xo
-nathalie
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