Author(s):
monnier, henry bonaventure (paris, 07–06–1799 - paris, 03–01–1877 — 3–6–1877), designer
bernard, charles louis (paris, 29–06–1769 - paris, 11–09–1848), printer-lithographer
giraldon-bovinet, editor
other title: les grisettes (title of the series)
date of production: 1827
type(s) of object(s): graphic arts, print
name(s): print
materials and techniques: vellum paper, watercolor, lithography
dimensions - artwork:
height: 28. 3cm
width: 19cm
dimensions - picture:
height: 13. 8cm
width: 8. 4cm
dimensions - mounting:
height: 40cm
width: 30cm
description:
plate 37 from the series "les grisettes" by henry monnier, paris, giraldon et bovinet, 1827
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
inscription - above the image on the left: "grisettes" and on the right: "pl. 37" under the image on the left: "henry monnier" and on the right: "lith. De bernard" under the letter in the middle: "published by giraldon bovinet, passage vivienne, n°26"
caption - under the image: that doesn't stop you, you were still happy to have me
iconographic description:
a couple of young people are talking. The young man, standing, leans nonchalantly on a small desk, his companion addresses him by leaning slightly towards him. Actor, playwright and designer, henry monnier helped illustrate la comédie humaine. His engravings of administrative morals, and especially his play scenes from bureaucratic life, clearly inspired balzac for his novel la femme supérieure, renamed les employés. 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: "lucien found florine's guests, minus the minister, minus the duke and the dancer, minus camusot, replaced by two famous actors and by hector merlin accompanied by his mistress, a delicious woman who called herself madame du val-noble, the most beautiful and elegant of the women who then made up the exceptional world of these women in paris which today we have decently named lorettes. " [excerpt from lost illusions, by honoré de balzac]
themes / subjects / places represented:
subject of society, morals, grisette, office
institution: maison de balzac
inventory number: bal 98-110. Date: 1827.
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