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: “N’entens-tu pas qu’ils te disent sans cesse, / Qu’il faut aimer!” Keywords: birds (animals), cascades (water features), couples, courtship, day (time of day), dogs (species), […]
sculpture (visual works)
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 […]
