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NICOLAS DELAUNAY, AFTER PIERRE-ANTOINE BAUDOUIN
French, 1739 - 1792
The Empty Quiver
1775
etching and engraving
Widener Collection, 1942
As during earlier centuries, bawdy humor remained popular throughout
the eighteenth century. This pair of lovers has apparently just left the bed,
where the exhausted young man, like Cupid above him, has used up all
his ammunition. |