Oil paint on canvas
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Scene Devil upon Two Sticks
Presented by Robert Vernon 1847
actions: postures and motions
adults
architecture
desire
eating
eating and drinking
emotions and human qualities
emotions, concepts and ideas
features
interiors
leisure and pastimes
Lesage, Alain-René, ‘Le Diable Boiteaux’
literature (not Shakespeare)
literature and fiction
man
people
places of entertainment
restaurant
satire
sitting
social comment
society
window
woman
<p>'The Devil upon Two Sticks', or 'Le Diable Boiteaux' is a satire, set in Madrid, on the follies and vices of mankind. It was written by the French comic writer A.R. Le Sage and was published in 1707. Egg illustrates a story which deals with the weakness and gullibility of men. Patricio, seated on the left, has spent the day chasing two women of the town in the hope of seducing one of them, Luisita - shown here standing up. After an expensive meal - Patricio is studying the bill - the girls give their lustful admirer the slip. He returns home, 'ashamed of being fooled by a couple of jilting baggages', to his wife.</p><p><em>Gallery label, March 1993</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
Scene from ‘The Devil upon Two Sticks’
support: 864 × 1118 mm
Presented by <a href="/search?gid=999999978" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Robert Vernon</a> 1847
<p>'The Devil upon Two Sticks', or 'Le Diable Boiteaux' is a satire, set in Madrid, on the follies and vices of mankind. It was written by the French comic writer A.R. Le Sage and was published in 1707. Egg illustrates a story which deals with the weakness and gullibility of men. Patricio, seated on the left, has spent the day chasing two women of the town in the hope of seducing one of them, Luisita - shown here standing up. After an expensive meal - Patricio is studying the bill - the girls give their lustful admirer the slip. He returns home, 'ashamed of being fooled by a couple of jilting baggages', to his wife.</p>
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actions: postures and motions adults architecture desire eating eating and drinking emotions and human qualities emotions, concepts and ideas features interiors leisure and pastimes Lesage, Alain-René, ‘Le Diable Boiteaux’ literature and fiction literature (not Shakespeare) man people places of entertainment restaurant satire sitting social comment society window woman