This is a studio reconstruction of the classic oil painting of 1814 by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres. The original hangs in the Louvre in Paris. This is a picture of a an odalisque, or concubine, whose duties were merely to satisfy the carnal pleasures of the sultan and thus she represents sensuous feminine beauty. Her gaze however reflects a complex psychological make up and betrays no feeling. The distance between her gaze and her pelvic region may be a physical representation of the depth of thought and complex emotions of a woman's thoughts and feelings.