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elaborated this text according to his fancy, and in such a manner as to render it difficult to exhibit his picture in public. One marvels what historical passage authorises such a grave impropriety and so improbable an interpretation of the theme. The figure of Maria
Padilla is erect in the midst of the court, while the king, who is buried in the depths of an armchair, scans her from head to foot, the courtiers grouped behind and the maids of honour in front! It is astonishing that a scene in such bad taste should have tempted so talented a man as M. Gervais.
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Gervais, it will not be on account of its surpassing merit. The artist has chosen for his subject the narrative of a chronicler: "When the beautiful favourite took her bath it was the custom for the king (Peter the Cruel) and his courtiers to go and keep her company." M. Gervais has
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to his taste. The paintings were by Paul
Gervais, a fashionable artist at the time. Gervais also decorated the casinos in Monaco and Nice and the Capitole in Toulouse. An 1895 book reported with grave disapproval that
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193:(1904). It depicted nymphs and centaurs fleeing from a car that is approaching them along a winding coast road with its headlights blazing. The painting was exhibited at the 1904
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107:(7 September 1859 – 11 March 1944) was a French painter who was fashionable around the end of the 19th century. He is known for his sensuous paintings of nude women.
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