John Everett Millais and Tights in art

Millais FairiesLet’s continue the Tights in the art theme which was started by Geraden in Tights in Arts and cited by me here.

A couple of weeks ago I visited John Everett Millais (1829-1896) exhibition in Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. His paintings are known for the realistically with lots of details vividly depicted nature. But what I did not find in various articles and guides written about Millais and what I found in his paintings is eroticism. His works are very real and very erotic regardless the subject.

And last but not least – tights. Men in tights, kids in tights, girls in tights, boys in tights and stockings. Look at some example here:
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