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Van Gogh Museum shows Paris prostitution through paintings

The ballet rehearsal painted in 1874 by French artist Edgar Degas looks, at first glance, like an innocent portrayal of dancers limbering up for a performance. But who’s that man in the shadowy background, straddling a chair, his top hat pulled down low over his eyes?

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Van Gogh Museum shows Paris prostitution through paintings
A flogging cane know as the "cat-o-six-tails" belonging to Louise Valtesse de la Bigne, is displayed together with her portrait, rear, painted by Henri Gervex in 1879 during a press preview of the Easy Virtue exhibition at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016. The Van Gogh Museum is dedicating a new exhibition to the world's oldest profession, examining the fascination for prostitution among artists like Van Gogh, Edgar Degas and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. The exhibit can be viewed from from Feb. 19 till June 19, 2016. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
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Lifestyle »

Van Gogh Museum shows Paris prostitution through paintings

The ballet rehearsal painted in 1874 by French artist Edgar Degas looks, at first glance, like an innocent portrayal of dancers limbering up for a performance. But who’s that man in the shadowy background, straddling a chair, his top hat pulled down low over his eyes?

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Van Gogh Museum shows Paris prostitution through paintings
A flogging cane know as the "cat-o-six-tails" belonging to Louise Valtesse de la Bigne, is displayed together with her portrait, rear, painted by Henri Gervex in 1879 during a press preview of the Easy Virtue exhibition at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016. The Van Gogh Museum is dedicating a new exhibition to the world's oldest profession, examining the fascination for prostitution among artists like Van Gogh, Edgar Degas and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. The exhibit can be viewed from from Feb. 19 till June 19, 2016. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
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