Accession number
PML 18975, drawing 2
Creator
Moreau, Jean Michel, 1741-1814, artist.
Published
1773.
Notes
Title from published illustration caption.
Drawing for an illustration to "Psyché", appearing in volume VI, page 139 (facing) of Molière's Oeuvres (Paris: Compagnie des Libraires Associés, 1773).
One of a collection of original drawings by Moreau le jeune for illustrations for an edition of Moliere's Works (Oeuvres de Molière. Paris : Par La compagnie des libraires associés, 1773), bound into a copy of the published volumes (PML 18970-75), preceding the engraved illustrations, with two sets of the engravings after Moreau present; each drawing cataloged separately.
Drawing for an illustration to "Psyché", appearing in volume VI, page 139 (facing) of Molière's Oeuvres (Paris: Compagnie des Libraires Associés, 1773).
One of a collection of original drawings by Moreau le jeune for illustrations for an edition of Moliere's Works (Oeuvres de Molière. Paris : Par La compagnie des libraires associés, 1773), bound into a copy of the published volumes (PML 18970-75), preceding the engraved illustrations, with two sets of the engravings after Moreau present; each drawing cataloged separately.
Description
1 drawing.
Provenance
Martineau de Soleinne; vicomte Alexandre Frédéric de Janzé (Cohen-de Ricci).
Summary
Drawing shows Vertumnus standing at right with Palaemon lying at his feet, and Flora standing at left, both addressing Venus, who reclines among clouds above them with Eros at her side.
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