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In the napoleonic period it was permissible to cast a vaguely churchy air over such a blatantly erotic scene as the Gothic Bathroom by Jean-Baptiste Mallet, shown at the Salon of 1810, whose curvaceous occupant disrobes before a font-like washstand by the light of a stained-glass window set with scenes of love.
The blasphemous comedy of this picture is sufficient warning to take Napoleonic religion with a pinch of salt.
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