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, […]
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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.2.12 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.2.09 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 […]
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 […]
