As someone already pointed out, it is a William Buytewech painting. The "orginal" (the one where if you actually look closely, you can see the "tip of the anatomy.") is at Kaiser-Friedrich-Museums, Berlin. The one on Bildindex attributes it to the same artist and to the same museum.
The only other painting I remember showing this sort of thing is a Breughel - (a younger as I recall) of a woman squatting in the woods. I am sure it is more common than we see. I guess on of the big French palaces....(Versailles?) didn't originally have any "bathrooms" and I recall hearing often of folks relieving themselves in stairways and fireplaces. Sg --- Original Message ----- From: WickedFrau<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: 'Historical Costume'<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 7:06 PM Subject: [h-cost] Ahem-something interesting While poking around, I found this picture, and was a little surprised to see what the fellow on the left was doing next to the dining room table. http://tinyurl.com/29t36b<http://tinyurl.com/29t36b> In an attempt to assure myself of what I thought I was seeing, I thought I would look it up on Bildindex since sometimes they have a zoom feature. To my surprise, I found this copy, missing the "action." I'd be curious to know when this "adjustment" was made. http://tinyurl.com/2ptvcp<http://tinyurl.com/2ptvcp> _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
