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The Model's Rest (Descanso do modelo)

1882

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The story

Shown at the Salon of 1882 as Pendant le repos, the scene catches a painter and his model on a break for piano and a cigarette, her bare back glowing under his longing eyes. A holly bush in the corner warns that getting too close could hurt.

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Object details

Title: The Model's Rest (Descanso do modelo)
Artist: Almeida Júnior
Date: 1882
Culture: Not recorded
Medium: Oil on canvas
Object type: Paintings
Collection: Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, Rio de Janeiro (36)
Credit line: Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number: EFA.0939
Original image: 3000 × 2225 px
Source record: View on Wikimedia Commons
License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

Almeida Júnior. The Model's Rest (Descanso do modelo). 1882. Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, Rio de Janeiro (36). Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain. In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0939/