Infidelity Collection

Sita Finds Rama
SITA finds RAMA (seventh avatar of Vishnu) among the lotus blooms : at first he suspects her of infidelity, but the pair are reunited and live happily ever after

Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn Observed by Queen Catherine, 1870. Artist: Marcus Stone
Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn Observed by Queen Catherine, 1870. Painting by Marcus Stone (1840-1921), British history painter

Two postcards fantasy the wife and a friend around 1900 (photo)
PCT4256520 Two postcards fantasy the wife and a friend around 1900 (photo); © Patrice Cartier. All rights reserved 2023.

Two rustics Hal and Dick fighting over a rumour of infidelity about Hal's wife Doll
FLO4718022 Two rustics Hal and Dick fighting over a rumour of infidelity about Hal's wife Doll. Copperplate engraving after a satirical illustration by Timothy Bobbin (John Collier) (1708-1786)

Leontes and Paulina, Illustration of "The Winter's Tale", by William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
AIS5354598 Leontes and Paulina, Illustration of "The Winter's Tale", by William Shakespeare (1564-1616), 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Leontes and Paulina)

Winter evenings at home (litho)
8663959 Winter evenings at home (litho) by Pont (Graham Laidler) (1908-40); Private Collection; (add.info.: Winter evenings at home. A game of hide and seek)

Clocking off (colour litho)
8656276 Clocking off (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Clocking off. "Heavens! look at the time, are you going to stay all night)

John Willie! Come on (colour litho)
8656270 John Willie! Come on (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: John Willie! Come on. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn.

I saw your husband, dearie, with a great fat woman, weighing at least fifteen stone! (colour litho)
8656658 I saw your husband, dearie, with a great fat woman, weighing at least fifteen stone! (colour litho) by Wilson, Oscar (1867-1930); Private Collection; (add.info.: "I saw your husband)

Dido's despair, caricature making fun of Horatio Nelson and Lady Emma Hamilton's relationship, 1801 (engraving)
MMM5481908 Dido's despair, caricature making fun of Horatio Nelson and Lady Emma Hamilton's relationship, 1801 (engraving) by Gillray, James (1757-1815); National Maritime Museum, London

La femme de Claude (Die Ehebrecherin), 1877. Creator: Mosso, Francesco (1848-1877)
La femme de Claude (Die Ehebrecherin), 1877. Found in the Collection of the Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Torino.

The cheated wife, 1830-1831. Creators: Anon, Nicolas-Louis Delaunois, Martinet Hautecoeur
The cheated wife, 1830-1831. Woman with a child on her lap, waiting for the return of her husband, who kisses another woman in the corridor outside

Comic postcard, Couple at seaside - letter from wife Date: 20th century

Cabinet. Antwerp (?). circa 1650. Detail. The paintings that decore the cabinet offers a Calvinist vision of concept of Love and Beauty, through a moralizing interpretation of Metamorphosis of Ovid

Christ and the Adulteress, 1525-28 (oil on canvas)
1108902 Christ and the Adulteress, 1525-28 (oil on canvas) by Palma, Jacopo (Il Vecchio) (c.1480-1528); Musei Capitolini, Rome, Italy; (add.info.: by Jacopo Palma); Photo © Stefano Baldini

Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery, detail, c. 1700 (oil on wood)
7305331 Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery, detail, c.1700 (oil on wood) by Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) (after); Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo

Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery, c. 1700 (oil on wood)
7305332 Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery, c.1700 (oil on wood) by Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) (after); Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo

Punishment of infidelity (engraving)
7186167 Punishment of infidelity (engraving) by Italian School, (16th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Punishment of infidelity)

Man sending away his crying wife (colour photo)
3091282 Man sending away his crying wife (colour photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Man sending away his crying wife)

Ivan Mazepa (Jean Mazeppa) (1639-1709). Apres avoir ete surpris en flagrant delit d adultere
FIA5376095 Ivan Mazepa (Jean Mazeppa) (1639-1709). Apres avoir ete surpris en flagrant delit d adultere, il est enduit de goudron et attache nu sur un cheval sauvage qui l emporte dans les steppes

Embracing couple (colour photo)
3094614 Embracing couple (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Embracing couple. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Directors meeting tonight (colour litho)
2800779 Directors meeting tonight (colour litho) by American School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Directors meeting tonight. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Owing to extreme pressure I am unable to write more (colour litho)
671899 Owing to extreme pressure I am unable to write more (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Torquay (photo)
671901 Torquay (photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Torquay.); © Look and Learn

Othello, Desdemona and Emilia, 1867
JAG76145 Othello, Desdemona and Emilia, 1867 by Maclise, Daniel (Croquis, Alfred) (1806-70); 130x87 cm; Johannesburg Art Gallery, South Africa; © Johannesburg Art Gallery; Irish, out of copyright

Jesus and the Woman taken in Adultery
Vintage engraving from the 1870 of a scene from the New Testament by Gustave Dore showing Jesus and the Woman taken in Adultery

Mari trompe (vin et amour). A Husband Deceived (Wine and Love). Peinture de Georg Melchior Kraus (1737-1806), 1765
FIA5370905 Mari trompe (vin et amour). A Husband Deceived (Wine and Love). Peinture de Georg Melchior Kraus (1737-1806), 1765. Huile sur toile. Art allemand, style Rococo

Le baiser. Peinture de Fyodor Antonovich Moller (Feodor Antonovich Moller, 1812-1874), annees 1840. Dim : 61x67cm
FIA5347842 Le baiser. Peinture de Fyodor Antonovich Moller (Feodor Antonovich Moller, 1812-1874), annees 1840. Dim : 61x67cm. Romantisme russe. Huile sur toile

"L adieu du matin"(Farewell morning) Un couple se quitte au petit matin
FIA5329922 " L adieu du matin" (Farewell morning) Un couple se quitte au petit matin. Lithographie de Philibert Louis Debucourt (1755-1832) 1787 Musee Pouchkine Moscou by Debucourt

Satirical depiction of an adulterous woman and a cuckold (copper engraving)
7201532 Satirical depiction of an adulterous woman and a cuckold (copper engraving) by French School, (17th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

"L aveugle trompe"(Blind Man Deceived). Homme honnete victime de supercherie, arnaque et manque d honnetete
FIA5343835 " L aveugle trompe" (Blind Man Deceived). Homme honnete victime de supercherie, arnaque et manque d honnetete. Peinture de Jean Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805) 1755 environ

Pres de Rome (Italie) (Near Roma). Une femme assise sous des arbres avec un bebe dans les bras ecoute parler un homme
FIA5334872 Pres de Rome (Italie) (Near Roma). Une femme assise sous des arbres avec un bebe dans les bras ecoute parler un homme vetu d un chapeau et d une cape

Une scene d une representation du theatre des serfs. Oeuvre d un maitre russe, aquarelle sur papier, vers 1840
FIA5376259 Une scene d une representation du theatre des serfs. Oeuvre d un maitre russe, aquarelle sur papier, vers 1840. Art scenographique russe, 19e siecle. State Central A

Unfaithful wife (colour litho)
7201535 Unfaithful wife (colour litho) by German School, (16th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Unfaithful wife being visited by her lover as her husband rides away)

The Bat: a painter draws a donkey on the navel of his unfaithful wife (La Fontaines tale), 1795 (engraving)
7202907 The Bat: a painter draws a donkey on the navel of his unfaithful wife (La Fontaines tale), 1795 (engraving) by Fragonard

Husband discovering and punishing his wifes lover (copper engraving)
7201579 Husband discovering and punishing his wifes lover (copper engraving) by French School, (17th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Amoureux (Lovers). Peinture de Simon Vouet (1590-1649). Huile sur toile, 82 x 100 cm, 1617-1618
FIA5343833 Amoureux (Lovers). Peinture de Simon Vouet (1590-1649). Huile sur toile, 82 x 100 cm, 1617-1618. Art francais, art baroque. Musee des Beaux Arts Pouchkine, Moscou

Liebeshandel - The Love Affair
Vintage engraving by Albrech Durer, showing Liebeshandel - The Love Affair, c.1514

Paolo and Francesca da Rimini (XXXL)
Paolo and Francesca da Rimini(Dantes " inferno" )

Scene de marche et le Christ avec la femme adultere - Christ
FIA5407855 Scene de marche et le Christ avec la femme adultere - Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery, by Aertsen, Pieter dit Lange Pier (Pierre le Long)(1508-1575). Oil on wood

A skinny old man with an emacie face is stretching, his suit
XEE4136916 A skinny old man with an emacie face is stretching, his suit, his shoes and a carnival mask are dragging near his diaper (a sheet jete on a couch), in " La Vie Populaire"

Venus and Maia, 1575-80 (oil on canvas)
AIS5384256 Venus and Maia, 1575-80 (oil on canvas) by Spranger, Bartholomaeus (1546-1611); Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria; (add.info.: Venus and Maia)

Inferno, Canto 5 : Paolo and Francesca, illustration from The Divine Comedy
GIA745732 Inferno, Canto 5 : Paolo and Francesca, illustration from The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, 1885 (digitally coloured engraving) by Dore

Front cover of The Mistress by Jules Renard, 1896 (litho)
472887 Front cover of The Mistress by Jules Renard, 1896 (litho) by Vallotton, Felix Edouard (1865-1925); 187x125 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: La Maitresse by Jules Renard (1864-1910) H

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"Exploring the Complexities of Infidelity: A Captivating Journey Through Art and History" From ancient myths to modern-day encounters, the concept has intrigued humanity for centuries. In a captivating display, this collection of diverse images offers glimpses into the intricate web of emotions surrounding this taboo topic. In one striking scene, we witness a woman raising her skirts defiantly, as if warding off the devil himself. Symbolic and powerful, it reminds us that temptation lurks around every corner. Moving forward in time, we encounter Sita finding Rama—an iconic moment from Indian mythology where loyalty triumphs over betrayal. The tale serves as a reminder that even amidst darkness, faithfulness can prevail. A nurse administering an enema syringe to a man in bed may seem peculiar at first glance. However, it symbolizes the discomfort and consequences that often accompany unfaithful actions—a painful reminder that no secret remains hidden forever. The intricately detailed cabinet from Antwerp transports us back to 17th-century Europe when infidelity was whispered behind closed doors. Its craftsmanship reflects both opulence and secrecy—themes synonymous with extramarital affairs during those times. An awkward encounter with a prostitute on London's streets brings forth mixed emotions—desire mingled with guilt or regret. This snapshot captures society's conflicting attitudes towards infidelity throughout history. In Marcus Stone's painting depicting Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn observed by Queen Catherine, we glimpse jealousy and heartbreak intertwined within royal circles—a poignant portrayal of love betrayed under watchful eyes. Delving deeper into religious artistry reveals Christ forgiving an adulteress—a compassionate gesture reminding us all of our fallibility and capacity for redemption despite our transgressions. A comic postcard featuring a couple at the seaside receiving a letter from their absent spouse adds humor to this complex subject matter. It highlights how infidelity permeates popular culture across different eras while provoking laughter and introspection.