The Blonde Odalisque

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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.