Condom 200 years old and decorated with erotic art goes on display in Amsterdam museum
The Netherlands' national museum has a new object on display that merges art with Amsterdam's infamous red-light district: a nearly 200-year-old condom, emblazoned with erotic art.
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The Rijksmuseum said the playful prophylactic, believed to have been made around 1830 from a sheep's appendix, 'depicts both the playful and the serious side of sexual health'.
It is part of an exhibition called 'Safe Sex?' about 19th-century sex work that opened on June 3.
The condom, possibly a souvenir from a brothel, is decorated with an erotic image of a nun and three clergymen.
The condom emblazoned with an erotic image featuring a nun and three clergymen, and believed to have been made nearly 200 years ago from a sheep's appendix, on display at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum. Photo: Rijksmuseum via AP
The phrase 'This is my choice' is written along the sheath in French. According to the museum, this is a reference to the Pierre-Auguste Renoir painting The Judgment of Paris, which depicts the Trojan prince Paris judging a beauty contest between three goddesses.
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200-year-old condom decorated with erotic art goes on display in Amsterdam museum
The Netherlands' national museum has a new object on display that merges art with Amsterdam's infamous red-light district: a nearly 200-year-old condom, emblazoned with erotic art. Advertisement The Rijksmuseum said the playful prophylactic, believed to have been made around 1830 from a sheep's appendix, 'depicts both the playful and the serious side of sexual health'. It is part of an exhibition called 'Safe Sex?' about 19th-century sex work that opened on June 3. The condom, possibly a souvenir from a brothel, is decorated with an erotic image of a nun and three clergymen. The condom emblazoned with an erotic image featuring a nun and three clergymen, and believed to have been made nearly 200 years ago from a sheep's appendix, on display at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum. Photo: Rijksmuseum via AP The phrase 'This is my choice' is written along the sheath in French. According to the museum, this is a reference to the Pierre-Auguste Renoir painting The Judgment of Paris, which depicts the Trojan prince Paris judging a beauty contest between three goddesses.
