A new exhibit combining art with Amsterdam's infamous Red Light District has been put on display at the National Museum of the Netherlands (Rijksmuseum): a nearly 200-year-old condom decorated with erotic painting. This is reported by UNN with reference to Associated Press (AP).
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It is noted that the exhibit is part of an exhibition called "Safe Sex?" about the sex industry of the 19th century, which opened on Tuesday, June 03.
The Rijksmuseum's statement provides a brief description: "A playful prophylactic, probably made around 1830 from a sheep's appendix, "reflects both the playful and serious sides of sexual health."
The condom was probably a souvenir from a brothel. It is decorated with an erotic image of a nun and three clergymen.
Along the vagina is the French phrase "This is my choice." According to the museum, this is a reference to Pierre-Auguste Renoir's painting "The Judgment of Paris," in which Trojan Prince Paris judges a beauty contest between three goddesses
According to AP, the condom will be on display until the end of November.