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=== Withdrawal of ''Chloé'' ===
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In May 1883, when the National Gallery of Victoria opened on a Sunday for the first time, a public debate erupted over the propriety of displaying a female nude portrait on the [[Sabbath]]. The painting in question, French artist [[Jules Joseph Lefebvre]]'s ''[[Chloé (artwork)|Chloé]]'' (1875), had been loaned to the gallery that month, and was "cautiously displayed in a dim corner". Nonetheless, ''Chloé'' became "Melbourne's ''[[femme fatale]]''", and after three weeks of scandal, was withdrawn and hidden from the public. It eventually found a permanent home at Melbourne's [[Young and Jackson Hotel]], down the road from the NGV on Swanston Street.<ref>Bell, Katrina. "[https://index-journal.org/issues/identity/evanescence-of-an-artist-s-model-by-katrina-kell Evanescence of an Artist's Model] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730095928/https://index-journal.org/issues/identity/evanescence-of-an-artist-s-model-by-katrina-kell |date=30 July 2021 }}". ''Index Journal''. Issue 1</ref>