The National Museum of the Netherlands has a new exhibit that combines art with Amsterdam's infamous Red Light District: a nearly 200-year-old condom decorated with erotic art.
The Rijksmuseum says the prophylactic, believed to have been made from a sheep's appendix around 1830, “reflects both the playful and serious side of sexual health.”
It's part of an exhibition called “Safe Sex?” about the 19th-century sex industry that opened on Tuesday.
The condom, possibly a souvenir from a brothel, is decorated with an erotic image of a nun and three priests.
The scabbard bears the phrase “This is my choice” in French.
According to the museum, this is a reference to Pierre-Auguste Renoir's painting “The Judgement of Paris,” which depicts the Trojan prince Paris deciding the fate of beauty among three goddesses.
The condom will be on display until the end of November.
Sourse: breakingnews.ie
