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A Reclining Nair lady is a 1902 painting by the Indian artist Raja Ravi Varma. The painting features a recumbent Nair woman, believed to be the character Indulekha from a Malayalam novel, with a book open in front of her while attended by a maid. Varma draw this painting inspired from Edward Manet's 1863 painting Olympia.
Olympia Raja Ravi Varma