Orientalist School (c. 1870) - La Favorite

- Oil on canvas. - Sensual orientalist reverie that presents us with an elegant lady dressed in Turkish style while she drinks, we do not know whether champagne or tea, from a small chalice. The magnificent execution with which the thousands of details and textures that make up this perfumed scene are represented places us, without a doubt, in the orbit of a true master. The permeability of French culture to the most exotic elements of the colonial world of the mid-19th century makes it impossible to know whether it is an imaginary scene, set in a distant and unknown place, or the portrait of a Parisian woman in her living room. room surrounded by souvenirs from the Orient. Géricault's expedition to the newly conquered Algeria in the 1920s, Gros's long journey through the Middle East with the Emperor or the presence of the odalisque Haydée in the house of Dumas' Count of Monte Cristo are some of the many examples. testimonies of the love story between 19th century France and the Arab world. - Dimensions of the image without frame: 98 x 91 cm / 106 x 99 cm with magnificent framing. - It comes from a private collection of paintings in Paris. - Good general condition. Minimal defects. - This painting constitutes a unique, original and irreplaceable work of art. - Galerie Montbaron attaches a technical sheet established by a qualified art historian with all its lots. This sheet is sent in digital format and on request.