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Description: | Signed: yes Description: The couple depicted in this painting appear to be French country people dressed up for the visit to the savant. On the floor to the right of the savant are two flasks containing foetuses. On a shelf above are glass vessels containing various liquids. The suggestion is that the couple are asking whether their marriage would be propitious, or, if already married, when they would have children. Edouard Pingret was a French nineteenth-century artist, known mainly for his portraits. | Subjects: | interior; figure; still life; everyday life | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Pingret, Edouard (French painter and lithographer, 1788-1875) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8323... | Go to resource |
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