Yesterday my wife, son, and I went to the MFA in Boston, which has been renovated and expanded recently. I don’t claim to be an art expert, but I do know that in portraiture prior to the twentieth century, the objects around the subject usually were symbolic in some sense. A scholar might hold a weighty tome for example. So this picture got me thinking? Is the artist making a not so subtle jab against the Father of our Country?
Now, I know that Washington was a superb horseman and all, but it seems rather strange to feature the horse’s ass so prominently.
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