Afternoon Rest (Le Midi)

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Afternoon Rest (Le Midi)

Creator

Emmanuel Jean Nepomucene De Ghendt

Engraver, etcher, and illustrator (1738–1815) · 1738–1815

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Date
c. 1765
Medium
paper
Culture
Paris
Institution
Rijksmuseum
Object ID
RP-P-OB-52.613

Is it the book, fallen by her side, that aroused this lady’s senses? On a warm summer day, she retreated to an intimate recess of her garden and abandoned herself to lust, as suggested by her hand bulging underneath her dress. Baudouin, a follower of Fragonard, specialized in mildly erotic scenes painted in gouache, that delighted his private clientele.

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