Germeuil, cul-de-lampe (Baculard d'Arnaud, The Trials of Emotion vol4) - Le Grand after Marillier
Image series :
Notice précédente Notice n°63 sur 63
Date :
1777
Type of image :
Gravure sur cuivre
Topic :
Storage Location :
RESERVE 8-BL-19038 (4)
Signed work
Description
This allegorical cul-de-lampe depicts the figures of Love and Vice. The former, armed with a quiver full of arrows and a bow, attacks the latter, on the ground, endowed with small wings and holding snakes in her hand. This resonates with the short story Germeuil, in which a gullible man gives in to schemers before becoming aware of his actions and fending them off.
History :
- Signed below: left "C. P. Marillier inv", right "L. Le Grand Sculp."
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Technical Data
Notice #025519
Image editing :
Image web
Image Origin :
Copyright / Photographer :
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France