Look: View Image(s): Chantilly, 1773, Compare Image Metadata: Image Description: Plate Signature: “JM. moreau Le Jne. inv. Scul. 1773” Artist: “Moreau, Jean Michel” Engraver: “Moreau, Jean Michel” Year: 1773 Inscription: “N’entens-tu pas qu’ils te disent sans cesse, / Qu’il faut aimer!” Keywords: birds (animals), cascades (water features), couples, courtship, day (time of day), dogs (species), […]
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S.1.04 La dormeuse
Look: View Image(s): Chantilly, 1773, Compare Image Metadata: Image Description: A young courtier, fashionably dressed in a powdered wig, justaucorps (the long knee-length coat), embellished waistcoat, a sword, culottes, with a tricorn hat removed from his head and tucked under his arm – a gallant gesture to acknowledge the young woman who he has fallen […]
S.1.03 Le declin du jour
Look: View Image(s): Chantilly, 1773, Compare Image Metadata: Image Description: Plate Signature: “JM. moreau Le Jne. Inv. Scul. 1772” Artist: “Moreau, Jean Michel” Engraver: “Moreau, Jean Michel” Year: 1772 Inscription: “Vois-tu ces Coteaux se noircir, / Et nos Troupeaux se réunir?” Keywords: aerophones, baskets (containers), cattle, cattle driving, cows (mammals), crooks (object genres), day (time […]
S.1.02 Les amours de Glicere et d’Alexis
Look: View Image(s): Chantilly, 1773, Compare Image Metadata: Image Description: Plate Signature: “JM. moreau Le Jne inv. Sclp. 1772.” Artist: “Moreau, Jean Michel” Engraver: “Moreau, Jean Michel” Year: 1772 Inscription: “Ah! dit-il, un seul moment, / Ecoutés votre Amant.” Keywords: arbours, chickens (species), cottages, couples, courtship, day (time of day), doorways, dovecotes, doves (Columbidae), exterior, […]
S.1.01 Le portrait reconnu
Look: View Image(s): Chantilly, 1773, Compare Image Metadata: Image Description: The scene is set within a bosquet, or garden grove, identified in the lyrics of the song as the grove of Cupid’s mother, Venus, who appears in profile in a shadowy representation in the upper right of the print. The brightly lit centre of the […]
S.1.25 Les quatre coins
Look: View Image(s): Chantilly, 1773 Compare Image Metadata: Image Description: Plate Signature: “JM. moreau Le Jne. Inv. Scul. 1774.” Artist: “Moreau, Jean Michel” Engraver: “Moreau, Jean Michel” Year: 1774 Inscription: “Le jeu finit, chaque belle en colere / Veut ses bijoux, l’Amour veut un baiser.” Keywords: birds (animals), Cupid (Roman deity), day (time of day), […]
