Publicly Whipped Couple

I don’t have a good cultural context for this 1876 painting of a naked couple being whipped through the streets, but I assume the public spectacle was a judicial punishment for adultery and/or fornication:

public whipping for adulterers

The artist is Jules Arsene Garnier.

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  1. Fr. commented on October 15th, 2022:

    A speech bubble over the young man’s head:

    “Worth it.”

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