Over the years of its existence it has been said that the table in foreground , which seems to project inward toward the women , is a phallic symbol and the half-moon shape of the melon in the still life is representative of a scimitar which symbolically is about to destroy the prostitutes . It seems more likely that these objects are simply a table and a slice of melon . Critics have said that this painting has the appearance of ``a work in...











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