Lot 17: Adolphe Weisz (French, 1838-1900) L'Odalisque. Oil on canvas, signed lower left corner, framed. An exotic painting of a beautiful young woman

Adolphe Weisz (French, 1838-1900) L'Odalisque. Oil on canvas, signed lower left corner, framed. An exotic painting of a beautiful young woman seated next to a stately lion. She smiles and seems to be grasping the lion's mane lightly. She sits in a silken floral dressing gown on two satin cushions with a spray of pink flowers at her feet. The young woman is accented with stronger lighting from a door or window while the lion rests demurely out of the light. Apprx. 26 x 34 canvas size; with 4 wide gold ornate frame, apprx. 34 x 42