Artwork Title: A Girl at a Window

A Girl at a Window, 1799

Louis-Leopold Boilly

"The fish bowl within a fish bowl feel; the drapery flowing out the girl’s window, mirroring the sinuous cloth depicted in the stonework below the ledge; the bird in a cage canopied with greenery–what mysteries are embodied in this grisaille by Louis-Leopold Boilly? The ribald scene forbidden to the viewer is exposed to the young girl and a companionable boy. They spy through their binoculars activities curiouser to the boy than the girl..." More at https://lifetakeslemons.wordpress.com/2013/02/
Uploaded on Sep 24, 2014 by Suzan Hamer

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