Bazile, cul-de-lampe (Baculard d'Arnaud, The Trials of Emotion vol3) - De Launay after Eisen
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Date :
1775
Type of image :
Gravure sur cuivre
Topic :
Storage Location :
RESERVE 8-BL-19038 (3)
Signed work
Description
This allegorical cul-de-lampe depicts a celebration of virtue, to illustrate the short story Bazile. A young woman appears naked, bathed in light, and pushes aside a richly adorned figure bending before her. The latter carries a jewel-filled chest, a symbol of corrupting pomp, as well as a mask that reveals her duplicity.
History :
- Signed below: "C. Eisen del.", on the right "N. De Launay".
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Technical Data
Notice #025495
Image editing :
Image web
Image Origin :
Copyright / Photographer :
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France