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Eye Candy for Today: Albert Pénot’s La Petite Cigale

La Petite Cigale or portrait of the artist's daughter, Albert Joseph Penot
La Petite Cigale or portrait of the artist's daughter, Albert Joseph Penot (details)

La Petite Cigale or portrait of the artist’s daughter, Albert Joseph Pénot

Oil on canvas, roughly 63 x 39 inches (161 x 98 cm). Link is to a past auction on Tajan auctions. There is a somewhat smaller image on Wikimedia Commons which lists the location of the original as Museum No Hero, Delden (The Netherlands).

Google translates “La Petite Cigale” as “the little cicada”; perhaps that was the artist’s nickname for his daughter, I don’t know.

If you’re inclined to search for more of Pénot’s work, you will find some beautiful paintings, but be aware that many of them would be considered NSFW.

La Petite Cigale, Tajan Auctions