The Tedious Story
1872
19世紀後半にフランスとイギリスの両国で活躍した画家。 初期はパリで成功を収めていたが、普仏戦争とそれに続くパリ・コミューンの動乱を逃れ、1871年にロンドンへ…
A room in a tavern along the River Thames in London.
An old soldier enthusiastically recounts something, spreading a nautical chart on the table, while a young woman is compelled to listen.
It appears to be a tranquil everyday scene featuring a man and a woman dressed in classical late 18th-century attire.
However, as the painting's title suggests, what is actually unfolding here is an endless 'tedious boastful story'.
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