Name of Object:

Interior of a Harem

Name in original language:

Interior de harén

Location:

Madrid, Spain

Holding Institution:

National Museum of Romanticism

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Holding Institution (original language):

Museo Nacional del Romanticismo

Date of Object:

c. 1863

Author:

Francisco Lameyer y Berenguer (13 September 1825, Puerto de Santa María (El)-03 June 1877, Madrid)

Inventory Number:

MR7168

Material(s) / Technique(s):

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

138 x 210 cm

Description:

This painting was made around 1863 when the author travelled to Morocco with Mariano Fortuny. The reason for his travel was to paint the characters and picturesque garments as the way of life of the people from Morocco. The influence his experiences had on his works can be found in his paintings and drawings. During his travels he bought exotic artworks, such as Egyptian sarcophagi. Harem and markets are considered a genre painting in Orientalism.

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Painting

Citation of this web page:

Carolina Miguel Arroyo "Interior of a Harem" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2025.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;es;51;en

Prepared by: Carolina Miguel Arroyo
Copyedited by: Anne Dowell

MWNF Working Number: SP 051