Femme au tub, 1896, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French, 1864–1901, 15 3/4 x 20 1/2 in. ( x cm) (image)23 5/8 × 29 5/8 in. ( × cm) (outer frame), Color lithograph, France, 19th century, Another place of entertainment in Paris at the end of the nineteenth century was the brothel or bordello. They were regarded as a natural way of life for Parisian husbands and an accepted privilege for bachelors. Toulouse-Lautrec frequented the brothels of Paris; it is even rumored that he lived in the brothel for a time.

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