Author(s):
grandville (nancy, 15–09–1803 - vanves, 17–03–1847), designer
bulla, joseph, editor
langlumé, pierre (poitiers, 1790 - 1830), designer-lithographer
other title: the metamorphoses of the day (title of the series)
production date: between 1828 and 1829
type(s) of object(s): graphic arts, print
name(s): print
materials and techniques: lithography
dimensions - artwork:
height: 26. 8cm
width: 36. 3cm
dimensions - picture:
height: 16. 8cm
width: 20cm
dimensions - mounting:
height: 50cm
width: 40cm
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
signature - j. Granville
letter - the metamorphoses of the day n°11
inscription - lith. By langlumé
letter - arrive, arrive nanny! gods, how mosieu looks!
registration - in paris at bulla, rue st jacques, and at martinet, rue du coq. Iconographic description:
two women and a man with animal heads are in a room. To the right of the stage, a woman, of whom only the white cap can be seen, is lying in a bed at the foot of which is an empty bassinet. The newborn, with the head of a bird, is in the center of the scene, in the arms of a man with the head of a deer whose large horns suggest that he is not the natural father of the child. The hungry baby bird opens its beak towards the goat-headed nurse who is opposite the deer. The goat joins its hands in a sign of emotion. Extract from métamorphoses du jour (editions gustave havard libraire, paris, 1854): "happy ten-corner! [. . . ] for a long time he was only a husband, for a long time his happiness was poisoned by the unfulfilled desire to be a father, and now he is! [. . . ] the arrival of this good cauchois goat who comes to lavish the baby with the nourishing juices with which the normandy grasslands filled its udders [. . . ] the nasty tongues of the neighborhood were exercised on this scene of interior happiness. They claimed that the little one, being a bird, could not resemble its father, who is a real deer. Themes / subjects / places represented:
subject of society, morals, deer or doe, bird, cuckold, goat, infant = baby, childbirth, nurse = governess
mode of acquisition: purchase
date of acquisition: 21–02–1986
institution: maison de balzac
inventory number: bal 925(m). Date: Entre 1828 et 1829.
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