The small head, elongated limbs, and cool color scheme all reveal influences from Mannerists such as Parmigianino,[3] whose Madonna with the Long Neck was also famous for anatomical distortion.

[7] Measurements taken on the proportions of real women showed that Ingres's figure was drawn with a curvature of the spine and rotation of the pelvis impossible to replicate.

[6] Another interpretation of this painting suggests that since the duty of some concubines was merely to satisfy the carnal pleasures of the sultan, this elongation of her pelvic area may have been a symbolic distortion by Ingres.

[6] French painter Jules Flandrin made a copy of La Grande Odalisque in 1903 which is exhibited at the Ingres Museum in Montauban, France.

In 1964, French artist Martial Raysse, in his series Made in Japan,[8] reframed La Grande Odalisque to make a portrait in the style of American pop art.

La Grande Odalisque was appropriated by the feminist art group Guerrilla Girls for their first color poster and most iconic image.

The 1989 Metropolitan Museum poster gave Ingres's odalisque a gorilla mask and posed the question "Do women have to be naked to get into the Met.

"[12][13] La Grande Odalisque is also referenced in the lyrics to "Pretension/Repulsion" by Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers from their 2009 album Journal for Plague Lovers.