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The Pearl and the Wave (French: La Perle et la vague) also known as The Wave and the Pearl is a painting by the French artist Paul-Jacques-Aimé Baudry created in 1862. The painting shows a nude woman lying on the edge of a rocky sea shore with her head turned to gaze backward over her shoulder towards the viewer. Waves are breaking in the background.The Pearl and the Wave was the subject of contemporary curiosity.