Odalisque

Marià FortunyThe Odalisque
François Boucher, Ruhendes Mädchen (1751, Wallraf-Richartz Museum)

An odalisque (Ottoman Turkish: اوطه‌لق, Turkish: odalık) was a chambermaid or a female attendant in a Turkish seraglio, particularly the court ladies in the household of the Ottoman sultan.


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