Look: View Image(s): Chantilly, 1773, Compare Image Metadata: Image Description: Plate Signature: “Le Bouteux inv. / Masquelier Sculp” Artist: “Le Bouteux, Joseph Barthélemy” Engraver: “Masquelier, Louis Joseph, I” Year: Inscription: “Vraiment, j’accomplis la loy, / Ma mere, je sais l’aumone.” Keywords: interior,night, upper class, urban, Cupid (Roman deity), staffs (walking sticks), bracelets (jewelry),necklaces, seating furniture, […]
chairs (furniture forms)
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.2.13 Le loup garou
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: “Masquelier, Louis Joseph, I” Year: Inscription: “Babet, dit elle, va périr, / Voila, le Loup qui l’embraße.” Keywords: baskets (containers), bells (idiophones), birdcages (containers), bottles, candle screens, candles, chains (object […]
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.2.08 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 […]
