I remember looking at this painting with my sister in the Louvre. We didn't know the meaning behind this painting, only that it made us giggle. Thank you for writing such a well-researched and thoughtful essay! I can't wait to go back one day and look at this painting through new eyes.
Written by Liz Jin
“I wake up in the morning with a desire to both save the world and savor the world. That makes it hard to plan my day.”