Women of Algiers in their flat – Eugène Delacroix

This painting by Delacroix shows three beautiful young women sitting on carpets. One of them is holding a hookah, a water pipe very popular in the Maghreb. The painting signs the marriage of two artistic movements in vogue in the 19th century: romanticism and orientalism. The French painter drew his inspiration from a journey of several months in North Africa.
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This painting by Delacroix shows three beautiful young women sitting on carpets. One of them is holding a hookah, a water pipe very popular in the Maghreb. The painting signs the marriage of two artistic movements in vogue in the 19th century: romanticism and orientalism. The French painter drew his inspiration from a journey of several months in North Africa.
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