Painted ceiling, Salle des Gardes, Chateau du Plessis-Bourre
Sow musician playing bagpipes for her piglets, moralising scene representing the work of women and referring to alchemy as women's work and children's play, from the painted coffered ceiling in the Salle des Gardes, or Guard Room, in the Chateau du Plessis-Bourre, built 1468-73 in Renaissance style for Jean Bourre, Ecuille, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France. The chateau is listed as a historic monument and is part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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1468-73 Alchemical Alchemy Bagpipes Bourre Chateaux Coffered Ecuille Fable Gardes Maine-et-loire Moral Moralising Morality Piglet Piglets Plessis-bourre Referring Representing Salle Transition
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