Copy painting & reproduction on canvas
Elegant Couple in Rococo Interior (Wegener)

Gerda Wegener revisits the Rococo style here with her modern and humorous touch. A man in an emerald green coat and powdered wig, a small monkey dressed in red perched on his head, leans towards a seated woman. She, dressed in an opulent yellow pannier dress adorned with roses, pushes him away or annoys him with a gesture of her fan, her breast half exposed. The scene is theatrical, the expressions exaggerated: the man seems furious or desperate, the woman mocking. The background decor is sketched, leaving all attention on the sumptuous costumes and the dynamic, almost caricature-like interaction of the couple and the unusual pet.