Lully at Miss de Montpensier's, Adine Verdé-Delisle, 1840

Lully chez mlle de montpensier, lithograph by lafosse after the painting lully child chez mademoiselle de montpensier by adine verdé-delisle presented at the salon of 1840 (number 1607 of the booklet) with the following description: lully, barely twelve years old, employed in mademoiselle's kitchens, had just composed the tune au clair de la lune, which he had all the cooks sing in chorus every day; mademoiselle, pleasantly surprised by this harmony, wanted to have the young scullion musician heard by lambert, music master of the king's chamber, who, immediately recognizing lully's happy disposition, obtained that he would be admitted to the number of mademoiselle's pages, and himself wanted, through his talent, to contribute to developing the genius of this artist who had become so famous. Object Type: lithograph. Date: 1840. Lully chez Mlle de Montpensier