Afternoon Rest (Le Midi), Emmanuel Jean Nepomucene de Ghendt, after Pierre Antoine Baudouin, c. 1765

Afternoon Rest (Le Midi), Emmanuel Jean Nepomucene de Ghendt, after Pierre Antoine Baudouin, c. 1765

etching, h 369mm × w 270mm More details

Is it the book, fallen by her side, that aroused this lady’s senses? On a warm summer day, she retreated to an intimate recess of her garden and abandoned herself to lust, as suggested by her hand bulging underneath her dress. Baudouin, a follower of Fragonard, specialized in mildly erotic scenes painted in gouache, that delighted his private clientele.