Look: View Image(s): Chantilly, 1773, Compare Image Metadata: Image Description: Plate Signature: “Le Barbier inv. / L. J. Masquelier Sculp.” Artist: “Lebarbier, Jean Jacques François” Engraver: “Masquelier, Louis Joseph, I” Year: Inscription: “Lugubre nuit, par vos ténébres, / Venés chaßer l’éclat du jour.” Keywords: night, exterior,Moon, upper class, urban, sky, clouds, Chiroptera (order), Populus (genus), […]
bagwigs
S.2.23 Le tombeau
Look: View Image(s): Chantilly, 1773, Compare Image Metadata: Image Description: Plate Signature: “Le Bouteux inv. / D Née Sc.” Artist: “Le Bouteux, Joseph Barthélemy” Engraver: “Née, François Denis” Year: Inscription: “Sur le tombeau qui de mon corps / À jamais contiendra les restes….” Keywords: day (time of day), exterior, upper class,hats, bagwigs,horse trappings, horseshoes (animal […]
S.2.22 Le concert
Look: View Image(s): Chantilly, 1773, Compare Image Metadata: Image Description: Le concert is set within a rich, but intimate space. It’s an intimate soirée, an evening entertainment with elaborately draped and trimmed curtains pulled shut, and the piano forté illuminated by candlelight. The two gentlemen who are apparently listening to the concert, one seated warming his […]
S.2.14 L’heureux mariage
Look: View Image(s): Chantilly, 1773, Compare Image Metadata: Image Description: Plate Signature: “Le Bouteux inv. / Masquelier Sc.” Artist: “Le Bouteux, Joseph Barthélemy” Engraver: “Masquelier, Louis Joseph, I” Year: Inscription: “L’hymen vint de ses nœuds, / Récompenser leurs feux / Et leur constance.” Keywords: acolytes, altar candlesticks, altar canopies, altar crosses, altars (religious fixtures), audiences, […]
S.2.08 Le souper
Look: View Image(s): Chantilly, 1773, Compare Image Metadata: Image Description: Plate Signature: “Le Bouteux in. / D. Née Sc.” Artist: “Le Bouteux, Joseph Barthélemy” Engraver: “Née, François Denis” Year: Inscription: “Le bruit confus de ce souper / En liberté nous laiße.” Keywords: bagwigs, barrel ceilings, bracelets (jewelry), candle sconces, candles, chairs (furniture forms), chandeliers (hanging […]
S.2.07 Le clavecin
Look: View Image(s): Chantilly, 1773, Compare Image Metadata: Image Description: The young lovers throw their arms back in surprise at being discovered as the young girl’s mother enters the room – their arms form an incomplete circle to emphasise their recent proximity. On the stool in the lower right foreground, a lap dog (symbol of […]
