Makin, cul-de-lampe (Baculard d'Arnaud, The Trials of Emotion vol4) - De Ghendt 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
The allegorical depiction of this cul-de-lampe illustrates the short story Makin. Love, depicted on a storm-tossed boat, is shipwrecked, like the two lovers who, in the story, flee their families opposed to their union and set sail before running aground on a desert island.
History :
- Inscription above: "L'AMOUR LE CONDUIT".
Signed below: left "C. p. Marillier inv", right "E. De Ghendt Sculp".
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Technical Data
Notice #025516
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Copyright / Photographer :
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France