silver-gilt bath from Crespin, for one of these high-born nuns with low morals--it weighed 6,030 ounces, for which Crespin was paid a guinea an ounce. On one side was depicted Actaeon surprising Diana at her bath, implying that the king hoped to surprise his nun in the same way.It all ended in tears.
from James Fenton: The Guardian: Basement treasures
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