Sujet

Allegory of the death of Voltaire, 1778-1780. Creator: Gabriel de Saint-Aubin.

Légende

Allegory of the death of Voltaire, 1778-1780. A nymph on a scallop shell pours water over a swan, symbolizing poetic inspiration. In the background, the poet Voltaire is crowned by death.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM23A92_032

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

78,8Mo (6,4Mo) / 36,6cm x 53,9cm / 4324 x 6366 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Europe animal standing female women woman people male job man men symbolic historical arts bird birds country French France naked nude swan white art guy occupation skin museum Netherlands Dutch color water bird death location century drawing profession ink philosophy enlightenment literature concept two people nudity watercolour writer nakedness waterbird Colour allegory author playwright poet 18th century aquatic bird Eighteenth Century history historic dramatist historian philosopher Rijksmuseum TGN Voltaire watercolour Allegory ink pencil young women white colour young man young men young woman Gabriel de Saint-Aubin Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin ink on paper Arouet Francois Marie Arouet Saint-Aubin Gabriel de Francois-Marie Arouet Voltaire paper Francois-Marie Francois Marie Francois Marie Arouet de Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire Heritage Art Drawing Low Countries Saint-Aubin Gabriel Jacques de graphite (mineral) watercolor (paint)