Ermance, cul-de-lampe (Baculard d'Arnaud, The Trials of Emotion vol4) - Halbou after Marillier
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Date :
1777
Type of image :
Gravure sur cuivre
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Storage Location :
RESERVE 8-BL-19038 (4)
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Description
This cul-de-lampe offers an allegorical reading of the denouement of the short story Ermance. In it, a woman pushes away the torch that a putto holds out to her, pointing to a celestial light. This gesture may reflect Ermance's refusal to remarry, and her determination to become a nun even though there is no obstacle preventing her from marrying the man she has always loved.
History :
- Signed and dated below: left "c. p. Marillier inv.", and "1775", right "L. Halbou sculp."
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Technical Data
Notice #025507
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Image web
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Copyright / Photographer :
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France