Pornocrates, also called La Dame au Cochon, is an 1878 work by the Belgian artist Felicien Rops, made in gouache and watercolor heightened with pastel on paper. It shows a blindfolded woman, nude apart from stockings and gloves, leading a pig on a leash while cherub like figures representing the arts lie discarded at her feet. The image is read as a satirical allegory of a materialistic, pleasure driven society and is considered the best known work by Rops. It measures about 75 by 48 centimetres, is held at the Musee provincial Felicien Rops in Namur, Belgium, and caused public controversy when it was exhibited in 1886. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Year Created MediumGouache and watercolor on paper, heightened with pastel 1 Medium
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Introduction, sentence 1
is an 1878 painting
Introduction, paragraph 2
executed in gouache and watercolor paint heightened with pastel on paper
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Namur
Genre reference
Pornocrates, Pornokratès, La dame au cochon, or The Lady with the Pig is an 1878 painting by the Belgian artist Félicien Rops.
In Form: Painting, lead paragraph
Pornocrates, Pornokratès, La dame au cochon, or The Lady with the Pig is an 1878 painting by the Belgian artist Félicien Rops. It is part of the collection of the Musée provincial Félicien Rops in Namur, Belgium. The work is 75 cm
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