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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 4303138, member: 2844&quot;]Below is a gorgeous 1768 portrait by Swedish painter Alexander Roslin of his wife Marie-Suzanne Giroust, an excellent painter in her own right.</p><p>Because of the fan language and Marie-Suzanne&#039;s accompanying look, this painting was considered very risqué at the time.</p><p>This isn&#039;t a Duvelleroy marketing myth, it was also mentioned by 18th century contemporaries, including the famous French philosopher Denis Diderot (1713-1784).</p><p><br /></p><p>So although there is a question mark as to whether the English-speaking Victorian world would have known fan language before Duvelleroy published their booklet, 18th century Continental European society certainly did, hence the uproar this painting caused.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.startpage.com/av/proxy-image?piurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.artsalonholland.nl%2Fuploads%2Fillustraties-groot%2Fa9575ffc-b319-5f89-882c-2a244a0586f4%2F3066758053%2FROSLIN-Alexander-Roslin-De-dame-met-de-sluier-Nationalmuseum-Stockholm.jpg&amp;sp=1630748715Ta7b45e47dbfca3f6eca805bdc41e822a1c546e7bca2dcc4e659579773353728a" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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