Author(s):
lami, eugène (paris, 12–01–1800 - paris, 19–12–1890), designer
gihaut frères, publisher of prints
other title: castle life (series title)
date of production: 1832
type(s) of object(s): graphic arts, print
name(s): print
materials and techniques: lithography, vellum paper, watercolor
dimensions - artwork:
height: 27. 7cm
width: 35. 6cm
dimensions - picture:
height: 19. 5cm
width: 23cm
dimensions - mounting:
height: 40cm
width: 30cm
description:
colored print
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
inscription - top above the square line in the middle: "la vie de château" and on the right: "2ème pie, n°5" bottom below the square line on the left: "eug. Lami 1832" and on the right: "lith. De gihaut frères éditions"
title of the work - at the bottom of the image: notre-dame de paris
iconographic description:
guests attend a reading. A man seated at a round table reads to two ladies seated on a sofa, three men also listen leaning against a fireplace on which a rococo cartel is placed. Balzac and the designer eugène lami rubbed shoulders in artistic salons, like the one held by olympe pélissier. The same references to the customs of their time often inspired the two artists in parallel on numerous subjects as we can see in the following extract: "modeste," she observed, "is a very exalted young person, she is passionate about the poetry of this one, for the prose of that one. You could not judge the impression that this executioner's symphony made on her (a word from butscha who lent full-blown wit to his benefactress), called the last day of a condemned man; but she seemed crazy to me with her admiration for this monsieur hugo. I don't know where these people (victor hugo, lamartine, byron are these people for madame latournelle) are going to get their ideas. [excerpt from modeste mignon, by honoré de balzac]
themes / subjects / places represented:
subject of society, morals, reading, living room
mode of acquisition: purchase
date of acquisition: 1998
institution: maison de balzac
inventory number: bal 98-49. Date: 1832.
Loading...
