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 […]
Cupid (Roman deity)
S.1.10 L’ombre d’eglé
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: “Arrétte, lui dit Eglé, / Ne détourne point la vuë.” Keywords: aegricanes, arrows, basins (vessels), bed coverings, bed hangings, bedrooms, beds (furniture), cassolettes, corpses (bodies), […]
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 has fallen asleep […]
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), […]
