Submission To Religious Discipline
For sins of the flesh, sometimes even the most pious nun must submit to the discipline of her order, and bare her bottom for chastisement by her superiors:
This is one of two artworks in a 1731 set by Martin van Meytens: Kneeling Nun, Verso and Kneeling Nun, Recto:
They are in the Swedish National Museum in Stockholm.
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