
Detail from "Les Romains de la Decadence" (Roman Decadence), by Thomas Couture (1815-1879) - Orsay Museum, Paris, France.
Note: wine is a mild sedative and hypnotic - note (in detail reditions) the "sleepy" lascitude of the central feminine figure and I the collapse of the man to her right (in the full rendition).
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