Rosalie, cul-de-lampe (Baculard d'Arnaud, The Trials of Emotion vol3) - De Launay after Marillier
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Date :
1775
Type of image :
Gravure sur cuivre
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RESERVE 8-BL-19038 (3)
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Description
The cul-de-lampe offers an allegorical reading of the short story Rosalie. A young mother seems to be wondering what to do with her newborn, as she observes a bitch nursing her litter. This may represent an instinctive motherhood that Rosalie would hesitate to follow, hampered by shame.
History :
- Signed and dated below: left "C. P. Marillier inv.", middle "1775", right "De Launay Junior Sculp."
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Notice #025504
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Image web
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Copyright / Photographer :
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France