Louvre painting described by Bill Bryson - which one?

How about "Gabriell d'Estrées and one of her sisters"

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Hrumph! Congrats to Bets for being the board's expert on sixteenth century porn. And can we assume that the Pincher was wearing black socks and a mask and that the Pinchee had matching boots, garter belt and whip? And, be advised the Webmaster should destroy the thread as soon as possible since the FBI investigates such things and the lot of us can wind up in the pokey in short order.

I just looked up the meaning of the word fundament, which is a word that does not correspond to the activity in the Gabrielle d'Estees' painting, though the painting does depict two aristocratic women.

I have to agree. I don't think "fudament" quite cooresponds to the suggested painting. And if the FBI, CIA or otherwise are concerned they better grab Bill Bryson and the curator at the Louvre first. I do vaguely recall the suggested painting though. Funny.

fun·da·ment (fnd-mnt) n. 1. a. The buttocks. b. The anus. 2. The natural features of a land surface unaltered by humans. 3. A foundation, as of a building. 4. An underlying theoretical basis or principle: Unaltered by humans? Certainly not true of what the aristocratic woman is indicating...

I too had to check Webster's for fundament..but Gabrielle was as close as i could find...Bill Bryson does need to be read with the traditionnal grain of salt

I have seen a photo of another painting (name unknown) where a woman is touching the vagina of another woman to indicate that she is pregnant. These medieval folks would probably be shocked by what Bill Bryson writes about women from Iowa in the "Lost Continent". The joy of Bryson is when he gives us a chance to laugh at ourselves.

I doubt that the Feds are going to crack down on folks discussing European Art on a European Travel Website. Much of art is risque, if you don't like it, move on.

Darren, sorry, but I've led a very sheltered life and am a bit of a prude. Some things just make me uncomfortable, especially nekkid wimmins touching their fundaments. .........Okay, Bets, I take it back, you, you, you consumate art critic, you. Sheesh!

Ed, Thanks for taking it back. However, you do need to learn the difference between a nipple and a fundament. By the way, can you accept that we have a mountain range called the "grand tetons?" What were those French explorers thinking of. Horreur.

I are knot unedicated. I also knows what a niple is and what a fundamental is too. Heil, woman, how many peple do yous cee stinding round wit der tumbs up der niple. Huh?