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Scene from the Wedding of Messalina and Gaius Silius, possibly an episode from a Play (Brothel Scene) 1645

by Nicolaes Knüpfer

Scène uit het huwelijk van Messalina en Gaius Silius. Centrale figuren zijn Gaius Silius gekleed in militair tenue met toneellaarsjes aan en een wijnglas in zijn hand en Messalina, een mooie welgevormde jonge vrouw met ontblote borsten die Gaius vanaf een bed meesleept. Op het bed links een vrouw met een hoed op de rechtervoet die met haar rechterhand de binnenkant van Gai...

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