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Source Description
This is a typical genre scene of a peeping-Tom prince watching a bevy of beauties bathing in a public place, in this case the bottom of a narrow stream, where a pool has formed with blooming lotuses and three ducks that look like toys. The startled ladies, in various states of undress, have just seen the voyeur on his horse behind a row of trees. The elderly duenna quickly tries to shield the princess from his gaze by improvising a screen with part of her white dress. The bullock cart that brought the ladies stands behind the foliage on the upper right.
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Document identity
localId
7567
label
A Princely Voyeur
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
7567
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
A Princely Voyeur
description
This is a typical genre scene of a peeping-Tom prince watching a bevy of beauties bathing in a public place, in this case the bottom of a narrow stream, where a pool has formed with blooming lotuses and three ducks that look like toys. The startled ladies, in various states of undress, have just seen the voyeur on his horse behind a row of trees. The elderly duenna quickly tries to shield the princess from his gaze by improvising a screen with part of her white dress. The bullock cart that brought the ladies stands behind the foliage on the upper right.
provenance
John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 2001, by gift.
date
ca. 1775
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Manuscripts & Rare Books
miniatures (paintings)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
31.1
height
23.2
dimensionsRaw
H: 12 1/4 x W: 9 1/8 in. (31.1 x 23.2 cm)
Source extras
med
paint on paper
creator_ids
2191
collection_ids
INT
exhibition_ids
2071
Single page context
seq
1
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0
type
photo
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aface5142f0e2bd4