JEAN JOSEPH BENJAMIN CONSTANT (French, 1845-1902). Odalisque. Oil on canvas. 49-1/2 x 32-1/2 inches (125.7 x 82.6 cm). S...

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JEAN JOSEPH BENJAMIN CONSTANT (French, 1845-1902)
Odalisque
Oil on canvas
49-1/2 x 32-1/2 inches (125.7 x 82.6 cm)
Signed lower center: Benjamin Constant

Jean-Joseph-Benjamin Constant is most well known for his romantic visions of the Orient. His loose brushwork and rich palette, as seen in the above, show influence of Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863). Constant traveled to Morocco in 1872 with French ambassador and painter, Georges Clarin (1843-1919). Throughout his travels he acquired many Islamic artifacts, carpets, and garments which became props in the Orientalist paintings he exhibited at the Salon throughout the 1870s.

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