Look: View Image(s): Chantilly, 1773, Compare Image Metadata: Image Description: Plate Signature: “Quentin in. / D Née Sc” Artist: “Saint-Quentin, Jacques Philippe Joseph de” Engraver: “Née, François Denis” Year: Inscription: “En soupirant il prononçoit / Le doux nom de ma mie.” Keywords: acanthus (motif) arrows bows (weapons) clouds Cupid (Roman deity) day (time of day) […]
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S.4.15 L’heureux songe
Look: View Image(s): Chantilly, 1773, Compare Image Metadata: Image Description: Plate Signature: “St. Quentin in. / D Née Sc” Artist: “Saint-Quentin, Jacques Philippe Joseph de” Engraver: “Née, François Denis” Year: Inscription: “Dans le sein du Sommeil une douce vapeur / Vous a peinte à mes yeux sensible à mon ardeur.” Keywords: acanthus (motif) armchairs bed […]
S.3.13 Priere a morphée
Look: View Image(s): Chantilly, 1773, Compare Image Metadata: Image Description: Plate Signature: “Le Barbier inv. / Née Sc” Artist: Lebarbier, Jean Jacques François Engraver: Née, François Denis Year: Inscription: “Ô toi, Morphée, ô toi, qu’environnent les songes.” Keywords: bed hangings, Chiroptera (order), chitons, cushions, incense, Morpheus (Greco-Roman deity), Mythology, Classical, night, putti (children), sandals, sleeping, […]
S.2.03 L’automne
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: “Ce nectar plein d’attraits, / Le vin coule a longs traits / La Vieilleße s’endort, et la Jeuneße veille.” Keywords: baskets (containers), clouds, cottages, day […]
S.2.02 L’eté
Look: View Image(s): Chantilly, 1773, Compare Image Metadata: Image Description: Plate Signature: “Le Bouteux inv. / Masquelier S.” Artist: “Le Bouteux, Joseph Barthélemy” Engraver: “Masquelier, Louis Joseph, I” Year: Inscription: “Calmés vous mes chers enfans, / Ne craignés plus votre mere;” Keywords: shade (light-related concept), baskets (containers), Cereal grasses, clouds, day (time of day), exterior, […]
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 […]
