The consecrated painting (The Perverted Peasant, Esprit 1782, fig77) - Binet

Image series :

Rétif de la Bretonne, Le Paysan perverti, Paris, Esprit, 1782

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Artist :

Le Roy, Jacques (1739-?)

Binet, Louis (1744-1800)

Date :

1782

Type of image :

Gravure sur cuivre

Topic :

18th century fiction

Storage Location :

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Réserve

Rés Smith-Lesouef 1490

Description

77th figure.
Subject. Edmond, tormented by remorse, composes a sublime painting in which he recounts his main crimes. We see him coming to consecrate it at the altar of Saint Edme. He points to it with his hand, his eyes covered by the sleeve of his severed arm. The exterminating angel dominates the top of the painting. Ursul, stabbed by her brother, is at the bottom. Mrs Parangon and Zéphire are on their knees, imploring divine mercy; finally, Pierrot is there, covering his face; a chasm of fire opens up and spews flames.

Edmond points tearfully to the painting of his fratricide, which he placed on the altar of the Saint-Edme chapel in the church of S**, his native village, after painting it.

History :

Signed lower left ‘Binet Inv[enit]’, lower right ‘J.a Le Roy Scul’.
Volume IV. Letter CCXXXVI. Plate opposite p. 100.

Indexed items :

Voile sur le visage

Tombeau, cercueil

Tableau sur le mur

Génie, dieu ou ange volant

Autel

Textual Sources :

Rétif de la Bretonne, Le Paysan perverti (1782)

éd. François Jost, L’Age d’homme, 1977, t. 2, p. 345

Technical Data

Notice #000705

Image HD

Past ID :

A0024

Image editing :

Image web

Image Origin :

Bibliothèque numérique Gallica, Bibliothèque nationale de France (https://gallica.bnf.fr)

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France

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