Brothel Collection

Prostitutes. Artist: Grigoriev, Boris Dmitryevich (1886-1939)
Prostitutes. From a private collection

Imamurasaki, a Prostitute of the Kimpei Daikoku House, 1887. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Imamurasaki, a Prostitute of the Kimpei Daikoku House, 1887. Series: Lives of Modern People

A Wicked Foreigner Refuses to Pay a Young Prostitute, 1875. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
A Wicked Foreigner Refuses to Pay a Young Prostitute, 1875. Series: The Postal News, no. 571

Brothel, 1562. Creator: Joachim Beuckelaer
Brothel, 1562. Animated scenes of carousing in village inns and brothels were enjoyed by 16th-century collectors of paintings in the Netherlands as amusing evidence of the instincts of peasants

Girl Teasing a Cat, c1630. Creator: Jan van Bijlert
Girl Teasing a Cat, c1630. A child teasing a cat is a frequent subject in Dutch art; it refers to the idea that (sexual) teasing can lead to a painful scratching

English: Naito Shijuku, Yotsuya, 1857. Creator: Ando Hiroshige
English: Naito Shijuku, Yotsuya, 1857. Part of the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, no. 086, part 3: Autumn

Imayo Dance Performed at the Kimpeiro House in the Yoshiwara District, 1875. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Imayo Dance Performed at the Kimpeiro House in the Yoshiwara District, 1875. From The Postal News, no. 617

Courtesans of One of the Green Houses: Yaokaya (?), 1776. Creators: Kitao Shigemasa, Shunsho
Courtesans of One of the Green Houses: Yaokaya (?), 1776

Young Man Outside a Brothel in the Yoshiwara, 18th century. Creator: Isoda Koryusai
Young Man Outside a Brothel in the Yoshiwara, 18th century

Maison Close, before 1927, publication 1956. Creator: Eugene Atget
Maison Close, before 1927, publication 1956

House of Pleasure in the Countryside, 18th century. Creator: Unknown
House of Pleasure in the Countryside, 18th century

The Temptation of St Anthony, c.1550-c.1600. Creator: Jheronimus Bosch (manner of)
The Temptation of St Anthony, c.1550-c.1600. St Antony is seen sunk in prayer. He is leaning on a rock with an apple and a wooden staff lying on it

Femme au lit, profil, au petit lever, 1896. Creator: Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri, de (1864-1901)
Femme au lit, profil, au petit lever, 1896. Private Collection

Elsa, dite la Viennoise, 1897. Creator: Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri, de (1864-1901)
Elsa, dite la Viennoise, 1897. Private Collection

The Parable of the Prodigal Son, c.1610-c.1620. Creator: Frans Francken II
The Parable of the Prodigal Son, c.1610-c.1620. The central image shows a brothel with a procuress and includes (following classical precedent)

The prodigal son wastes his inheritance, c.1540-c.1550. Creator: Cornelis Anthonisz
The prodigal son wastes his inheritance, c.1540-c.1550. Son (Filius Prodigus) at the table with lust (Caro) and greed (Avaritia)

Apotheosis, 1906. Creator: Ivar Arosenius
Apotheosis, 1906

The Prodigal Son, 1600-1699. Creator: Joost Cornelisz Droochsloot (manner of)
The Prodigal Son, 1600-1699

Party in a Brothel, c.1540. Creator: Workshop of the Brunswijkse Monogrammist
Party in a Brothel, c.1540. Men and women drinking and embracing each other. A woman uses a waffle iron to cook waffles at the fireplace on the right

The Unequal Pair of Lovers. Creator: Massys, Quentin (1466-1530)
The Unequal Pair of Lovers. Found in the collection of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp

Seiro Bijin awase. Courtesans of the great houses in Yoshiwara, 1770. Creator: Harunobu, Suzuki (1724-1770)
Seiro Bijin awase. Courtesans of the great houses in Yoshiwara, 1770. Private Collection

Toto Shin Yoshiwara yobidashi. (Toto Shin, a yobidashi of Yoshiwara), ca 1825. Private Collection

Maison de la rue des Moulins, Rolande, ca 1894. Creator: Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri, de (1864-1901)
Maison de la rue des Moulins, Rolande, ca 1894. Found in the collection of the Musee Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi

The Procuress or The Old and the Young Courtesan, ca 1625. Creator: Caroselli, Angelo (1585-1653)
The Procuress or The Old and the Young Courtesan, ca 1625. Found in the collection of the Musee de l'Oise, Beauvais

In the brothel, 1913-1920. Creator: Kirchner, Ernst Ludwig (1880-1938)
In the brothel, 1913-1920. Private Collection

In the brothel, 1913-1920. Creator: Kirchner, Ernst Ludwig (1880-1938)
In the brothel, 1913-1920. Private Collection

Sanbaso Dance in a Brothel (Ageya sanbaso), no. 1 from a series of 12 prints...plays, c. 1716/35
Sanbaso Dance in a Brothel (Ageya sanbaso), no. 1 from a series of 12 prints depicting parodies of plays, c. 1716/35

A House of Courtesans, from the series "The Appearance of Yoshiwara", c
A House of Courtesans, from the series " The Appearance of Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara no tei)", c. 1681/84

The parlor of a brothel in the pleasure quarters, c. 1789 / 1801
The parlor of a brothel in the pleasure quarters, c. 1789/1801

Mere Gregoire, 1855 and 1857 / 59. Creator: Gustave Courbet
Mere Gregoire, 1855 and 1857/59

The Four Accomplishments (Kinkishoga), ca. 1788-90. Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro
The Four Accomplishments (Kinkishoga), ca. 1788-90

Moonlight Revelry at Dozo Sagami, Edo period, late 18th- early 19th century

Parody of the tale of Nasu no Yoichi, Edo period, 1615-1868. Creator: Kawamata Tsuneyuki
Parody of the tale of Nasu no Yoichi, Edo period, 1615-1868. A horseman aims an arrow into a fan held by a reclining female shamisen musician

A Pleasure House, 1588. Creator: Johann Sadeler I
A Pleasure House, 1588

Two Women before a Mirror. Creator: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Two Women before a Mirror

Frontispiece, 1896. Creator: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Frontispiece, 1896. Observations of daily life inside a Parisian brothel where Lautrec resided

Rue des Moulins, 1894, 1894. Creator: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Rue des Moulins, 1894, 1894. Observations of daily life inside a Parisian brothel where Lautrec resided

Poster for "Elles", 1896. Creator: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Poster for " Elles", 1896. Observations of daily life inside a Parisian brothel where Lautrec resided

Your Mouth (Ta bouche), 1893. Creator: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Your Mouth (Ta bouche), 1893. Observations of daily life inside a Parisian brothel where Lautrec resided

Woman at the Tub (Femme au tub), 1896. Creator: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Woman at the Tub (Femme au tub), 1896. Observations of daily life inside a Parisian brothel where Lautrec resided

Man and Woman. Creator: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Man and Woman. Observations of daily life inside a Parisian brothel where Lautrec resided

A Sketch from Nature, January 24, 1784. Creator: William Paulet Carey
A Sketch from Nature, January 24, 1784

An Interior View in the Yoshiwara, ca. early 1740s. Creator: Torii Kiyotada
An Interior View in the Yoshiwara, ca. early 1740s

Forgetting Filial Piety, ca. 1781. Creator: Torii Kiyonaga
Forgetting Filial Piety, ca. 1781

Scene of the Pleasure Quarter at Fukagawa, late 18th century. Creator: Shiba Kokan
Scene of the Pleasure Quarter at Fukagawa, late 18th century

The Fireside, ca. 1876-77. Creator: Edgar Degas
The Fireside, ca. 1876-77

Night Rain at the Double-Shelf Stand, from the series Eight Parlor Views... ca
Night Rain at the Double-Shelf Stand, from the series Eight Parlor Views (Zashiki hakkei), ca. late 18th century

The Watchers and the Watched, 1764-72. 1764-72. Creator: Suzuki Harunobu
The Watchers and the Watched, 1764-72

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