Amanda and Miss O'Flannagan meditate on human vanity (Les Enfants de l'abbaye, t2, 1798) - Bovinet after Challiou

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Amanda and Miss O'Flannagan meditate on human vanity (Les Enfants de l'abbaye, t2, 1798) - Bovinet after Challiou

Amanda and Miss O'Flannagan meditate on human vanity (Les Enfants de l'abbaye, t2, 1798) - Bovinet after Challiou

Image series :
Gothique 1798 : Regina Roche, Les Enfans de l'abbaye, Paris, Maradan, An VI

Notice précédente Notice n°2 sur 2

Artist :
Bovinet, Edme (1767-1832)
Chaillou, P. J. ou Challiou, dess. & illustrateur, 18e-19e siècles
Date :
1798
Type of image :
Gravure sur cuivre
Topic :
Ruin(s)
Storage Location :
Paris, Bibliothèque de l’Arsenal
8-BL-30323 (2)
Signed work
Legend

Description

Fitzalan and his daughter Amanda are visiting a farming family one day. Amanda decides to explore the ruined St. Catherine's Abbey in the company of Miss O'Flannagan, one of the farming family's daughters. She discovers the grave of a deceased brother and gives in to her emotion, which touches Amanda. The two women then reflect on human vanity, comparing the fragility of existence to that of the dilapidated architecture around them.

History :
  1. Signed lower left "Challiou del.", right "Bovinet sculp."
    Legend under the image: "Man is like the flower of the Fields, | that shines for a moment and passes."
Textual Sources :
Roche, Regina Maria, née Dalton (1764-1845)

Technical Data

Notice #025380

Image HD

Image editing :
Image web
Image Origin :
Bibliothèque numérique Gallica, Bibliothèque nationale de France (https://gallica.bnf.fr)
Copyright / Photographer :
Baptiste Reboul, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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