La japanaise (Japanese Woman)

Bernard Buffet

1961

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A woman lies dead on the street as a group of men with pitchforks stands over her. Hogarth published this set to alert his contemporaries about the cruel treatment that animals had to endure in eighteenth century England.
Fleurs au Bord Belle-île-en-Mer (Flowers near Belle-île-en-Mer), Maxime Maufra, oil on canvas
An elderly lady in blue is seen in profile to the left, working at an embroidery frame before an open French window permitting the glimpse of a park.
A bull standing off-center is being surrounded and attacked by six dogs while a man on the right in a feathered hat rides away from the viewer on horseback.