Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ, French
Donna Subscribed To the Philosophy That If You’re Going To Ask Your Boss For a Promotion, First You Have To Get Their Attention, 1902
Oil on canvas
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Info, or links that point to more info, about this artist can be found here, here (archived if necessary), here, here (Google Chrome can translate if necessary), here, here, here, and here, perhaps in addition to what’s in his Wikipedia page (Google translated French Wikipedia page has more).
/// When Ma’m’selle de Maupin first appeared
to d’Albert, his heart raced, his eyes teared.
His dream-girl had a plan
to dress up as a man
and seduce D’Albert’s mistress. How weird!
/// D’Albert slept with the widow, Rosette,
to relieve his deep boredom, and yet
he had dreamt of a goddess,
(bare with no blouse or bodice),
who was more than a lovely coquette.
/// His Rosette, though, loved young Théodore,
who was beautiful yet… something more.
And so, when d’Albert met
this great love of Rosette,
he imagined he’d met “him” before.
/// Madeleine de Maupin was a prize,
even (called Théodore) in disguise
as “just one of the guys.”
But to d’Albert’s rapt eyes,
did he love the real girl or the lies?
/// A “love triangle” made up of two
is a pointless conundrum to view.
An insoluble tangle
seen from every angle.
What’s the answer? I leave that to you.
/// This young French girl does not really care
if her bosom is covered or bare.
She’ll remove, if she must
things that cover her bust,
but she won’t remove underarm hair.
> or <
/// The odds she’d get a raise? Looking grim.
Then she stripped to the waist on a whim.
Though her action was rash,
she’ll get, monthly, more cash,
because she got a rise out of him.
> or <
/// They both lived in a lighthouse so damp,
his wife left him and cheated— (the tramp!).
He makes love now, instead
to a ship’s figurehead,
glowing gold from the tower’s bright lamp.