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 […]
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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), […]
S.4.25 Le devin de village
Look: View Image(s): 1773 Image Metadata: Image Description: Plate Signature: “LeBarbier inv. / D Née Sc” Artist: “Lebarbier, Jean Jacques François” Engraver: “Née, François Denis” Year: Inscription: “Puis marmottant quelques paroles / Il trace un Cercle à l’entour d’eux.” Keywords: bones (skeleton components) ceremonial staffs chains (object genres) couples divination divination objects doors doorways hinges […]
S.1.24 L’amant timide
Look: View Image(s): 1773 Image Metadata: Image Description: Plate Signature: “JM. moreau Le Jne. Inv. Scul. 1774.” Artist: “Moreau, Jean Michel” Engraver: “Moreau, Jean Michel” Year: 1774 Inscription: “Colin à mon cœur n’offre qu’une fleur, / Mais de sa constance / J’attens tout mon bonheur.” Keywords: bouquets, cattle, day (time of day), dogs (species), exterior,hats, […]
