When Titian was grinding rose madder,
his model was posed on a ladder.
Her position to Titian
suggested coition
so he climbed up the ladder and had her.
Very English -- instructive on pronounciation of challenging words (Titian, coition) so it combines a didactic function with a titillating one. And here is the master's Venus and Adonis at the Met in NYC..
Also note
Rose madder is the commercial name sometimes used to designate a red paint made from the pigment madder lake, a traditional lake pigment extracted from the common madder plant Rubia tinctorum. (see wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_madder)
Posted by: Roger B | April 24, 2019 at 06:48 AM