Tartuffe, or the Impostor

Interior with a lady, Elmire, and a gentleman, Tartuffe. In the background, a second man, Orgon, lies under a table. Scene from the play Tartuffe by Molière from 1664: the lady, Elmire, dressed in a gown with a deep décolleté, sits on a chair, her right arm resting on a thick book on a small table. Behind her stands the character Tartuffe, who tries to seduce her. In the background, it can be seen how her husband Orgon, under a table, spies on the two. Elmire convinces her husband through this ruse that his blind trust in Tartuffe, a religious fanatic, is being abused. At the bottom of the margin, two four-line verses in Dutch and French.