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Baudouin, Pierre-Antoine, Modele Honnete (The Honest Model). 1769, gouache. National Gallery of Art, DC. |
Skill-wise, Baudoüin was very talented and worked mostly in gauche. His subjects were saucy boudoir scenes, and everyone wanted them! Like Fragonard, who made what sells, Baudoüin's work was popular with the aristocrats and the non-aristos.
His piece titled "The Honest Model" caused quite a controversy when it was exhibited in 1769. The reception of this work is discussed in The Age of Watteau, Chardin, and Fragonard
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