Article: Forget size - between the sheets, age is what matters. The older man is experienced and grateful; LET'S GET INTIMATE.(Column)

Byline: ROWAN PELLING

When Lucian Freud unveiled his latest painting, The Painter Surprised by a Naked Admirer, the big question was: 'Is she or isn't she?' Or, to be blunt, is 32-year-old Alexandra Williams-Wynn, who modelled for the picture, sleeping with 82-year-old Freud (though I have to say, his expression in the self-portrait, as she sits at his feet caressing his thigh, is more smug than surprised)? While many would assume the 50-year age gap might prohibit such intimacy, Freud had a relationship with his last muse, Emily Bearn, who he met when she was 27 and he 79, so nothing can be ruled out. But what makes a young woman want to sleep with a man old enough to be ...

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