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The Bath (Le Bain)
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The Bath (Le Bain)

Alfred Stevens
c. 1867
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The story

Stevens shows a listless Parisian demi-mondaine, a woman kept by a wealthy lover, holding two white roses where a bath brush would be. The swan-shaped tap above her may allude to Leda and the swan.

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Object details

Title
The Bath (Le Bain)
Artist
Alfred Stevens
Date
c. 1867
Culture
Not recorded
Medium
Oil on canvas
Object type
Paintings
Collection
Musée d'Orsay, Paris (INV 20846)
Credit line
Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number
EFA.1029
Original image
1600 × 1276 px
Source record
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License evidence
See the license

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