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upside-down dresses (Denis Diderot, Les Bijoux indiscrets, 1748, fig. 8)

Date :
1748
Type of image :
Gravure sur cuivre
Dimensions (HxL cm) :
11,5x7
Y2 12479
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Description

Prodigious events from the reign of Kanoglou grandfather of Mangogul. Note the spectator's theatrical telescope in the foreground.

History :

1. T.2 Pag.339. Royal Library stamp (B. R.)
. 3. The motif of the narrator as spectator in the foreground is found in other engravings such as the one from La Nouvelle Justine illustrating Moldane's murder of his wife (Jérôme's story).

Indexed items :
Spectateur au premier plan
Les personnages font cercle autour de la scène
Textual Sources :
Diderot, Les Bijoux indiscrets (1748)

Technical Data

Notice #001285

Image HD

Past ID :
A0604
Image editing :
Scanner
Image Origin :
Montpellier, Inst. de rech. sur la Renaissance l’âge classique & les Lumières