Sélicourt, cul-de-lampe (Baculard d'Arnaud, The Trials of Emotion vol2) - Binet after Eisen
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Date :
1772
Type of image :
Gravure sur cuivre
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Storage Location :
RESERVE 8-BL-19038 (2)
Signed work
Description
This allegorical cul-de-lampe closes the short story Sélicourt. Two putti embrace while weeping, while a snake is trodden under their feet. The image can be read as a symbolic transposition of the story: the Marquise de Menneville and Baroness Darmilli, both infatuated with the same man, have chosen to overcome their jealousy to support each other in their impossible loves.
History :
- Signed below: left "Ch. Eisen inv.", right "L. Binet scp."
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Technical Data
Notice #025486
Image editing :
Image web
Image Origin :
Copyright / Photographer :
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France