Spanish translation below - Traduccción al español mas abajo
The Medical Inspection by Henri Toulouse-Lautrec
Toulouse-Lautrec scandalized Paris in the late 1800s by depicting the characters and everyday scenes in the neighborhoods where variety theaters, cabarets, and brothels thrived.
The medical examination is shocking due to the harshness of the situation. Two prostitutes await their turn for a third party to examine their genitals to verify that they do not have any visible venereal diseases. We can only speculate, but it is unlikely that the examiner is a doctor; most likely, it is the Madama that runs the place.
If you are in Detroit, you will find this work at
the Detroit Institute of Arts. If you are in that area with children, don't
miss the Michigan Science Centre, just around the corner.