Ver-Vert or the Journey of the Parrot of Nevers (Gresset, Œuvres, Renouard, 1811) - Moreau le Jeune
Image series :
Notice n°1 sur 1
Date :
1807
Type of image :
Dessin à la plume
Dimensions (HxL cm) :
13x8,3 cm
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Storage Location :
DDUT2130
Description
The Ver-Vert parrot is installed on its perch in the visiting room of the Visitandines de Nevers.
History :
- Signed and dated under the engraving in the center: "J. M. Moreau le J. 1807".
Caption under signature: "From Moulins itself people came to see him / The beautiful Ver-Vert never moved from the parlor." - Drawing inserted in the copy in 3 volumes bound in 7 volumes from the library of Ant.-Aug. Renouard, sale 1854, n°1370 (905F) ; collection Dutuit ; bequest Dutuit to the City of Paris, 1902.
First edition of Gresset's poem: "Vair vert ou les Voyages du perroquet de la Visitation de Nevers. Poeme heroi-comique, A La Haye. Chez Guillaume Niegard. M.DCC.XXXIV ".
First edition with 4 plates engraved by Jean-Baptiste Simonet and A. D. Duhamel after J. M. Moreau le Jeune: " Œuvres choisies de Gresset [...], de l'imprimerie de Didot le jeune, A Paris, Chez Saugrain, L'An deuxième [1793] "
1811: " Œuvres de Gresset, Paris, Ant. Aug. Renouard, M.DCCCXI ", 2 vols. in-8°, 4 plates (different) after Moreau le Jeune. - A Holy Conversation is recognized on the Parlor wall, ironically echoing the parrot's conversation.
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Technical Data
Notice #000987
Past ID :
A0306
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