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| Mareridtscene (nightmare scene), by Ditlev Blunck, 1846. |
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| The Nightmare, by John Henry Fuseli (Johann Heinrich Füssli), 1781. |
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| Sleeping Venus with Cupido, by Godfried Schalcken, before 1685. |
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| The Nightmare, by John Henry Fuseli (Johann Heinrich Füssli), 1790-91. A variation on the painting of 1781. |
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| Danaë and the Shower of Gold, by Adolf Ulrik Wertmüller, 1787. |
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| Title unknown, by Richard Tennant Cooper, circa first quarter of the twentieth century. |
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| Though the title is unknown, going by the artist's other work, this is most likely a "lesson" on venereal disease. |
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| La liseuse de romans (The reader of novels), by Antoine Wiertz, 1853. |
Weirdness indeed, and many of them verge on soft porn, which was probably the subtext anyhow. Thanks for these!
ReplyDeleteexcited for the sequel - weirdness in gentleman's bed
ReplyDeleteHaha - you never can tell...!
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