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Oil painting of a reclining man resting his head in the lap of a seated woman on a leopard-skin couch, in a dark, draped interior.

(Interior Scene with Sultan and Concubine)

An oil painting of a richly dressed man reclining across a leopard-skin covered couch, his head resting in the lap of a pale-robed woman with a gold-trimmed headdress. A dim, shadowed interior with heavy drapery and a standing figure at right frames the intimate scene in warm gold, pink and green tones.

Artist
Thomas Buchanan Read
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas
Source
Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)
Size
3000 × 2446 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum) releases this image under CC0 (undated).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum

Español: Escena de interior con sultán y concubina

Pintura al óleo de un hombre con ropajes suntuosos recostado sobre un diván cubierto de piel de leopardo, con la cabeza apoyada en el regazo de una mujer de vestido pálido y tocado dorado. Un interior oscuro con cortinas pesadas y una figura de pie a la derecha enmarca la escena íntima en tonos dorados, rosas y verdes.

Português: Cena de interior com sultão e concubina

Uma pintura a óleo de um homem com trajes luxuosos reclinado sobre um divã coberto por pele de leopardo, com a cabeça repousando no colo de uma mulher de vestido claro e adorno dourado na cabeça. Um interior sombrio, com cortinas pesadas e uma figura de pé à direita, emoldura a cena íntima em tons dourados, rosados e verdes.

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