Tartuffe or the Hypocritical Deceiver

Interior with a lady, Elmire, and a gentleman, Tartuffe. In the background lies a second man, Orgon, 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 spouses. Elmire convinces her husband through this trick that his blind trust in Tartuffe, a religious fanatic, is being abused.