Eroticism abounds

in this detail

from the famous

Ingres painting.

Lesbianism

among the

inhabitants

of the

Turkish harem

is

realistically shown,

and only

the classical allusion

to a

foreign culture

made it possible

to exhibit

this painting

in public.

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Notes courtesy of

Bradley Smith,

from

The Erotic Art of the Masters:

The 18th, 19th and

20th Centuries,

Gemini-Smith Inc.,

La Jolla, CA.