Monday, May 14, 2018

The Wave and the Pearl by Paul-Jacques-Aimé Baudry


The Wave and the Pearl (1862)


This glowing nude is by French painter Paul-Jacques-Aimé Baudry (1828-1886) who is largely forgotten today but, at the time, this picture was regarded as one of the greatest nudes of the nineteenth century.  Most of his best known works were murals in Paris but he did a number of reclining nudes like this.  

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