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Erotic helplessness : a study of the history of the Damsel in Distress theme in art

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Another Topfer / Smit, drawing. Dated 1931. I am guessing it is from La flagellation des esclaves aux Etats-Unis, by Jean de Virgans. The caption reads "My victim was attached to the table, her feet bound to the supports".
 

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Eugenio Álvarez Dumont, Malasana and His Daughter, 1887. The story goes that on the 2nd of May 1808, young seamstress Manuela Malasana was accosted by French soldiers, who attempted to rape her. When she tried to defend herself with a pair of scissors, she was summarily shot. This enraged her father, a French baker integrated into Spanish society, who promptly avenged his daughter by killing the murderous dragoon.
 

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coldturkey said:
Eugenio Álvarez Dumont, Malasana and His Daughter, 1887. The story goes that on the 2nd of May 1808, young seamstress Manuela Malasana was accosted by French soldiers, who attempted to rape her. When she tried to defend herself with a pair of scissors, she was summarily shot. This enraged her father, a French baker integrated into Spanish society, who promptly avenged his daughter by killing the murderous dragoon.
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The sadly famous "Dos de Mayo", and its terrible illustrations by Goya!
 
coldturkey said:
Eugenio Álvarez Dumont, Malasana and His Daughter, 1887. The story goes that on the 2nd of May 1808, young seamstress Manuela Malasana was accosted by French soldiers, who attempted to rape her. When she tried to defend herself with a pair of scissors, she was summarily shot. This enraged her father, a French baker integrated into Spanish society, who promptly avenged his daughter by killing the murderous dragoon.
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I see Manuela’s dad is very sensibly going straight for the armpit, a good tactic against an adversary clad in a cuirass! :)
 
coldturkey said:
The story of Ide : https://isiopolis.com/2021/05/23/intrigue-scandal-in-the-temple-of-isis/
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Loxuru said:
Thanks, @coldturkey . When I read it, I suddenly recalled that, long ago, I had read an account on the same story.
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Even better! The story I once read about the event is already on CF! Originally written by an author named Tarquinius Rex, and presented in translation by @Master Centurion

https://www.cruxforums.com/xf/threads/translation-of-crux-story-didi-on-the-cross.8873/
 
coldturkey said:
Also, this watercolor by Jean Bruneau (1921-2001), depicting a raid on the Spanish colonial town of Cartagena de Indias (present-day Colombia) by French buccaneers in 1697... A busty Spanish captive among the spoils...
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The woman is concerned at first that she will be defiled by the horde of pirates. But soon she is aware they are more interested in material treasures. Somewhat shamed at the men's lack of lechery she calls out "None of you are going to take me?"
The head pirate says "M'Lady, we certainly will right before we hoist you up by your neck and leave your body as our calling card!!
 
thehangingtree said:
The woman is concerned at first that she will be defiled by the horde of pirates. But soon she is aware they are more interested in material treasures. Somewhat shamed at the men's lack of lechery she calls out "None of you are going to take me?"
The head pirate says "M'Lady, we certainly will right before we hoist you up by your neck and leave your body as our calling card!!
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I can see why you are called @thehangingtree ! Delicious fantasy !! :)
 
ducon007 said:
More likely boiled. And finally crucified, as can be seen in the background.
By the way, Alise-Sainte-Reine is the probable place of the final victory of Julius Caesar against Vercingetorix (Alesia) in 52BC.
Hereafter: the triumph of Julius Caesar in Gaul. I do not know the author.


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Thanks @ducon007 ! Beautiful painting, previously unknown to me... I really have a soft spot for these war captive depictions...
 
montycrusto said:
I seem to remember there was one little Gaulish village that somehow held out against the Romans …
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They resisted until the Romans laid a hand on Falbala and tied her naked to a bull in the circus of Rome. Obelix flew to her rescue, killed and ate the bull, fed Julius Caesar to the lions, returned triumphantly with his laurels, only to have his beloved fall for Tragicomix... A dejected Obelix then decided to spend his autumn years searching for Alésia and Vercingétorix's shield...
 
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The woman is concerned at first that she will be defiled by the horde of pirates. But soon she is aware they are more interested in material treasures. Somewhat shamed at the men's lack of lechery she calls out "None of you are going to take me?"
The head pirate says "M'Lady, we certainly will right before we hoist you up by your neck and leave your body as our calling card!!
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"Un peu de patience, s'il-vous-plaît, Madame! Frenchmen as we are, we will soon please you with our savoir de vivre! But rien ne sert de courir, il faut partir à point!" ;)
 
ducon007 said:
The "Martyre de Sainte Reine", (Martyrdom of Saint Regina), 17th century, a "carton" to be used as a model for a tapestry, unfortunately lost.
Chapel of Hôpital Sainte Reyne, Alise-Sainte-Reine, Bourgogne, France


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St Regina had the curious habit of taking baths in the middle of the street.
 
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