Look: View Image(s): Chantilly, 1773, Compare Image Metadata: Image Description: Plate Signature: “Le barbier inv. / L Masquelier Sc.” Artist: “Lebarbier, Jean Jacques François” Engraver: “Masquelier, Louis Joseph, I” Year: Inscription: “Le Silence et la paix régnant dans ce boccage; / J’en trouble le repôs par mes tristes soupirs.” Keywords: lovers, birds (animals), sculpture (visual […]
bas-reliefs (sculpture)
S.3.25 Le melancolique
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), […]
S.2.12 Le bal
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: “Songés que je dois à la danse / Ce seul instant de jouißance….” Keywords: arches, audiences, balls (parties), bas-reliefs (sculpture), candles, chandeliers (hanging lights), children […]
S.2.11 La statue de l’amitie
Look: View Image(s): Chantilly, 1773, Compare Image Metadata: Image Description: Taking his lead from the lyrics of the song, which sets the scene in the studio of ancient Greek sculptor Praxiteles (4th century BCE), Le Bouteau depicts that space, and dresses his figures in classical garb. The depiction of the sculptor’s studio takes some liberties with […]
S.2.10 L’enlévement
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: “Bien doucement, il la defend / Aidé d’une echelle.” Keywords: bas-reliefs (sculpture), carriages (vehicles), church towers, churches (buildings), clouds, columns (architectural elements), couples, Equus caballus […]
S.2.09 Le prêtre d’esculape
Look: View Image(s): 1773 Image Metadata: Image Description: Plate Signature: “Le Bouteux inv. / L J Masquelier Sc.” Artist: Le Bouteux, Joseph Barthélemy Engraver: Masquelier, Louis Joseph, I Year: Inscription: “Mais aux marches du sanctuaire, / Pour Prêtre, elle voit son amant:” Keywords: aegricanes, Aesculapius (Greco-Roman deity), altar canopies, altars (religious fixtures), baldachins (canopies), bas-reliefs […]
