Can I interest you in some insurance? We have the best rates in the country – You go ahead and lie down, I can keep talking from over here – and you save even more if you bundle homeowners and auto…
The title, “ Hétaïre offerte”, reveals that the woman is on display for sale, or rather rental, which makes the foreground guy the client and the background guy the procurer. By the look on the client’s face, it appears the transaction will soon be consummated – in all senses of the word.
“When I snap my fingers, you will wake up and remember nothing, but you will find me irresistibly attractive.” (Learned this from the Epstein-Weinstin method.)
(best viewed by Google Chrome, with Google Translate added to chrome://extensions, which can automatically translate most pages as necessary) has info and links that point to more info about this painting.
has info about this artist (again, Chrome can translate as necessary), perhaps in addition to what’s pointed to by the title URL, which indirectly points to his French Wikipedia page:
(again, Chrome can automatically translate as necessay). First work by him used here.
Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2403 (March 11, 2020) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.
Say What Now‽ Premium Member over 4 years ago
“Psst, lady you are in the window display.”
BE THIS GUY over 4 years ago
“Ok, your wife is beautiful. Now, I’ve got to go take a shower.”
Strob Premium Member over 4 years ago
“Not tonight, I have a headache. And a fever. Is it hot in here, or is it me?”
Papared25 over 4 years ago
“I’m telling you dude, if you wake her up while she’s sleeping off a migraine your life expectancy is going to drop dramatically.”
Baslim the Beggar Premium Member over 4 years ago
See! I told you she uses wax!
gopher gofer over 4 years ago
would this be a bad time to talk about your immortal soul…?
Kind&Kinder over 4 years ago
“Lay, lady, lay
Lay across my big brass bed
Lay, lady, lay
Lay across my big brass bed
Whatever colors you have in your mind
I’ll show them to you and you’ll see them shine"
—Bob Dylan
Kind&Kinder over 4 years ago
“Lady Madonna lying on the bed
Listen to the music playing in your head"
Lennon/McCartney
Kind&Kinder over 4 years ago
“My lady D’Arbanville, why do you sleep so still?
I’ll wake you tomorrow
And you will be my fill, yes, you will be my fill"
Cat Stevens
pcolli over 4 years ago
“The vicar’s arrived. Shall I show him in?”
Buzzworld over 4 years ago
The first x rated peep show.
rmremail over 4 years ago
Can I interest you in some insurance? We have the best rates in the country – You go ahead and lie down, I can keep talking from over here – and you save even more if you bundle homeowners and auto…
Egrayjames over 4 years ago
“The bet’s off! How can I tell if rug matches the drapes when she’s had a Brazilian Cut!”
Radish... over 4 years ago
Are you ready for your next ‘client’?
well-i-never over 4 years ago
“Just dropped in to see what condition your condition is in.”
Blaidd Drwg Premium Member over 4 years ago
No, Don, no credit, Mel only takes cash.
rugeirn over 4 years ago
The title, “ Hétaïre offerte”, reveals that the woman is on display for sale, or rather rental, which makes the foreground guy the client and the background guy the procurer. By the look on the client’s face, it appears the transaction will soon be consummated – in all senses of the word.
lagoulou over 4 years ago
So this is what’s behind door 3…..I win!
Linguist over 4 years ago
This painting is an example of Take Your Kid to Work Week. Dad painted the nude and let his 12-year-old paint the guys in the background.
Seriously, it really does look like two different artists painted this picture.
Bookworm over 4 years ago
“How can you see with all that light?” Auntie Mame; screenplay by Betty Comdon and Alolph Green based on the novel by Patrick Dennis (1958).
Another Take over 4 years ago
“Whoa bro, you’re right. Sis does sleep in the nude!”
PO' DAWG over 4 years ago
Is that a Kardashian? Damn, I luvs me a big leg woman.
WCraft Premium Member over 4 years ago
English Title: Two old Letchers and an Exposed Maiden
Honorable Mention In The Banjo Toss Premium Member over 4 years ago
“When I snap my fingers, you will wake up and remember nothing, but you will find me irresistibly attractive.” (Learned this from the Epstein-Weinstin method.)
Linguist over 4 years ago
It’s Show & Sell at the Patel No Tell Motel!
b.j.hammond over 4 years ago
“NEXT!”
mabrndt Premium Member over 4 years ago
Courtesan offered or King Candaules and Gyges:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boissard_Fernand_1841_H%C3%A9ta%C3%AFre_offerte.jpg
(best viewed by Google Chrome, with Google Translate added to chrome://extensions, which can automatically translate most pages as necessary) has info and links that point to more info about this painting.
http://www.theophilegautier.fr/boissard-de-boisdenier/
has info about this artist (again, Chrome can translate as necessary), perhaps in addition to what’s pointed to by the title URL, which indirectly points to his French Wikipedia page:
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Ferdinand_Boissard_de_Boisdenier(again, Chrome can automatically translate as necessay). First work by him used here.
Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2403 (March 11, 2020) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.
Impkins Premium Member over 4 years ago
You’re right. She really does have a pretty face! :)
MissScarlet Premium Member over 4 years ago
It turns out that voyeurs and exhibitionists can have very harmonious relationships.
anomaly over 4 years ago
“And this is the bedroom. Don’t mind us, ma’am. I’m just showing the house to a client…”
Call me Ishmael over 4 years ago
“You’re wife – she a ‘goer’ ? Say no more.. say no more… know wha’ I mean ?” – Monty Python
d1234dick Premium Member over 4 years ago
camiel though it would be good to faint rather than have sex with those loosers, she just forgot to put her clothes back on.
rmremail over 4 years ago
Just checking – do you sill have Corona virus, or can you see ‘clients’?
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 4 years ago
Hard to sleep with that blabber mouth there…
Running Buffalo Premium Member over 4 years ago
Hey honey … have you seen my phone?