Look: View Image(s): Chantilly, 1773, Compare Image Metadata: Image Description: Plate Signature: “St. Quentin inv. / D Née Sc.” Artist: “Saint-Quentin, Jacques Philippe Joseph de” Engraver: “Née, François Denis” Year: Inscription: “Le cruel poison / De la raison / De glace plus mon ame, / Je l’abandonne à toi.” Keywords: arches bows (weapons) conflict (general […]
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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.2.21 Les derniers regrets d’un amant
Look: View Image(s): Chantilly, 1773, Compare 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: “Pour la derniere fois / Aujoud’hui le vois / Ce tendre gage…..” Keywords: andirons, arrows, banyans, bed coverings, bed curtains, bonnets (hats), books, […]
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.1.11 Les jardins de Marly
Look: View Image(s): Chantilly, 1773, Compare Image Metadata: Image Description: Plate Signature: “JM. moreau Le Jne. inv. Scul. 1773” Artist: Moreau, Jean Michel Engraver: Moreau, Jean Michel Year: 1773 Inscription: “Mais l’ombre des Berceaux / Aigrit encor mes maux.” Keywords: allées, arcades (structural assemblies), bosquets, Château de Marly-le-Roi (Marly-le-Roi, France), court dress, day (time of […]
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 […]
