Tuesday 3 March 2015

Étienne Jeaurat, la conduite des filles de joie à la Salpêtrière 1745 (1755)

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  1. Anonymous3 March 2015 at 10:23

    This is my favourite painting by Jeaurat:

    http://www.carnavalet.paris.fr/fr/collections/le-carnaval-des-rues-de-paris

    Note the "female" drummer who, in my opinion, is a male military drummer dressed up as woman (remember, it's carnival...)

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  2. C. von Grumpy8 March 2015 at 23:12

    Thank you for this and your whole blog by the way. "Filles de joie" means prostitutes ;o)
    Cyrille

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