Look: View Image(s): Chantilly, 1773, Compare Image Metadata: Image Description: Plate Signature: “Le Barbier inv. / Masquelier Sculp” Artist: “Lebarbier, Jean Jacques François” Engraver: “Masquelier, Louis Joseph, I” Year: Inscription: “Recueillés vous quelque momens / Mon ame infortunée;” Keywords: court dress,interior, night, upper class, urban, candlelight, candles, candleholders,miniature painting, quill pens,inkwells, books, desks,letters (correspondence), fauteuils […]
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S.2.22 Le concert
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 […]
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 […]