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L'Heureux Moment, Rocaille with young couple, Third series of rocailles and serrated ornaments, Troisième Livre de formes Cartels et Rocailles, print, album page, ornament print, Series number, 4, 7, This series is numbered at the top left with a letter C. Print is part of an album., printmaker: Antoine Aveline, after design by François-Thomas Mondon, publisher: Étienne Charpentier, Paris, grantor of privilege: Louis François-Thomas Mondon, paper, etching, height 236 mm x width 179 mm, seed bead ornament, lovers, courting, flirting, A finely detailed black and white engraving shows an ornate interior scene with a large draped curtain sweeping from the upper right across the top. In the center a seated woman in a voluminous gown leans back in a high-backed chair while a man beside her leans forward, his arm around her shoulders and his hand near her chest; both figures wear period clothing and hairstyles. To the left a table covered with a fringed cloth holds a covered mirror or screen, a bottle, and a small round box. Decorative floral garlands hang over the table edge and a woven basket of flowers rests amid flowing carved scrollwork that fills the lower portion of the composition. The image is rendered with fine hatching and crosshatching to show textures of fabric, wood carving, and floral arrangements.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26B25_467

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

38.0Mo (11.5Mo) / 25.9cm x 36.7cm / 3064 x 4330 (300dpi)

Mots clés

L'Heureux Moment Rocaille young couple Third series rocailles serrated ornaments Troisième Livre de formes Cartels et Rocailles print album page ornament print Series number 4 7 series numbered top left letter C Print part album printmaker Antoine Aveline design François-Thomas Mondon publisher Étienne Charpentier Paris grantor privilege Louis François-Thomas Mondon paper etching height 236 mm x width 179 mm seed bead ornament lovers courting flirting finely detailed black white engraving ornate interior scene large draped curtain sweeping upper right across top center seated woman voluminous gown leans back high-backed chair man beside leans forward arm shoulders hand near chest figures wear period clothing hairstyles left table covered fringed cloth holds covered mirror screen bottle small round box Decorative floral garlands hang table edge woven basket flowers rests flowing carved scrollwork fills lower portion composition image rendered fine hatching crosshatching textures fabric wood carving floral arrangements