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 […]
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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.2.07 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 […]
S.1.21 La foire de gonésse
Look: View Image(s): Chantilly, 1773, Compare Image Metadata: Image Description: Plate Signature: “JM. moreau Le Jne Inve. Sculp. 1772” Artist: “Moreau, Jean Michel” Engraver: “Moreau, Jean Michel” Year: 1772 Inscription: “Chantons sans césse, / Vive la Foire de Gonésse.” Keywords: audiences, banners, bows (chordophone components), children (people by age group), church towers, churches (buildings), couples, […]
S.1.12 La sérenade
Look: View Image(s): Chantilly, 1773, Compare Image Metadata: Image Description: Plate Signature: “JM. moreau Le Jne. Inv[…]nit Scul. 1772” Artist: “Moreau, Jean Michel” Engraver: “Moreau, Jean Michel” Year: 1772 Inscription: “Sommeille en paix ma chere Annette; / Hélas! C’est pour moi seul que sont faits tous les maux.” Keywords: armed conflicts, cityscapes (representations), cloaks, cobble, […]
S.1.08 La toilette
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: “Morau, Jean Michel” Year: 1774 Inscription: “Lors qu’on a vos attraits, A-t’on recours à l’imposture.” Keywords: armchairs, bergères en cabriolet, boiserie, books, bouquets, cabriole chairs, chairs (furniture forms), court dress, courtship, […]
