| Pierre-Antoine Baudoin, Reading. The artist depicts
a comfortable, mellow interior, its privacy ensured by the closed door
and screen. To the left, knowledge, symbolized by the large folio
volumes, has been abandoned, left lying on the table or propped up on
the floor. On the right are objects pleasing to a woman, including a
guitar, a small dog, and a novel that has overwhelmed its reader, who
has abandoned herself to sensuous imaginings.
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