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The Pearl and the Wave
is an
oil painting
on canvas completed by
Paul-Jacques-Aimé Baudry
in 1862 which depicts a nude woman lying on the edge of a rocky shore as waves break around her. It was an object of curiosity when exhibited, and the artist
Kenyon Cox
described it as "the perfect nude". More recently, however, it has been described as
voyeuristic
. In 1863 the painting was purchased by Empress consort
Eugénie de Montijo
. It is now in the
Museo del Prado
in
Madrid
, Spain.
Painting:
Paul-Jacques-Aimé Baudry
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