Paintings of the unclothed figure at the bath, in bed or in the open, some in the tradition of the reclining nude and the odalisque and some painted as challenges to the taste of their day. A work belongs here when the cited article describes the figure as nude, naked or bathing, or calls the work erotic. It excludes portraits of named sitters and religious or mythological scenes. The group follows the subject the cited article names.
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La Circassienne au Bain - Wikipedia
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La Circassienne au Bain ("The Circassian Lady in the Bath"), also known as Une Baigneuse ("A Bathing Lady"), was a large Neoclassical oil painting from 1814 by Merry-Joseph Blondel depicting a life-sized young naked Circassian
L'Origine du monde (Wikipedia)
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It is a close-up view of the vulva and abdomen of a naked woman, lying on a bed with legs spread.
The Woman in the Waves (Wikipedia)
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The picture is notable for its realistic flesh tones and trace of underarm hair.
Le Sommeil (Wikipedia)
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Le Sommeil (translated in English variously as The Sleepers and Sleep) is an erotic oil painting on canvas by French artist Gustave Courbet created in 1866.
La Dormeuse de Naples (painting) (Wikipedia)
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La Dormeuse de Naples (literally The Sleeping Woman of Naples; originally known as Donna nuda che dorme or Sleeping nude woman) was an 1809 painting by the French artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, now lost.
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