Eventail des caricatures, D 89.105(6), En 1837

Author(s): carpenter, auguste (paris, 1813 - paris, 15–05–1880), painter gavarni (hippolyte sulpice guillaume chevalier, known as) (paris, 13–01–1804 - auteuil, 23–11–1866), designer sand, george (paris, 01–07–1804 - nohant-vic, 08–06–1876), painter production date: in 1837 dating in century: 19th century type(s) of object(s): graphic arts name(s): drawing materials and techniques: gouache place(s) of execution/realization: france comment on the place of discovery: __here dimensions - artwork: height: 18cm width: 57. 5cm description: fan decorated with caricatures of george sand and his entourage, accompanied by a legend relating the iconography of this decoration. Marks, inscriptions, hallmarks: legend - "legend of the fan made in nohant in march 1838 by george sand/and auguste charpentier portrait painter. (the heads are by gavarni and/the bodies by a. Charpentier)/. The marquis de malphilinte (félicien mallefille) mysteriously going to his little house/of st germain en laie(sic), loses his way, his car and his horses and after having wandered all night, he is/surprised by the day in the gardens of paphos the first object he sees(sic) under the shade is/the incomparable nymph sandaraque (george sand) who disguised herself as a shepherdess under the name of piffoëlis to escape/from the passion of the immortal phoebus. She holds the sacred bird chopinios on her fist. (chopin) of the family/of colibiris, whose marvelous song cures colic and corns on the feet near her we see the/famous shepherd lystil (frantz liszt) who describes to her a clarinet concerto that he has just composed. /the shepherd croixillas (eugène delacroix) who excels in the art of painting, improvises while listening to him a/painting which will represent the concerto of. Clarinet painted in oil, natural size. This charming group immediately inspires a madrigal for the happy marquis of malphilinte (t. Mallefille)/the gallant abbe enricos (enrico) whose black habit had initially frightened the inhabitants of paphos, reassures and charms them by playing them a guitar tune. The shepherd bonne rose (de bonne-chose) and the young sylvain charpentis (august carpenter) listen to him with delight. Under the shadow of a weeping willow, at the edge of a pure wave we see the shepherd grzymalagose (count albert grzymala) who whispers an elegy. In the distance, the bocage fauna (pierre bocage) crosses the clear stream without the help of any bridge. In the crystal of the waves, we see (sic) the triton bignatys (bignat / (emmanuel arago) carefully searching for a star that the enchanter aragotos (françois arago) his father / let fall from his telescope. The young mauricolas (maurice sand) son of the zephyre and the nymph / sandaraque (g. Sand) was preparing (sic) to play among the reeds when he sees (sic) the sea monster / bignatys (bignat) and steps back in terror; but the good monster reassures him and encourages him to indulge / with him in the delights of the bath. Meanwhile the horrible serpent calamatas (luigi calamatta) / finds the star and devours it. / sensitive souls! didieris (charles didier) who advances carried by the clouds and preceded by loves and who / comes to honor the gardens of paphos with his visit / legend of george sand / (note) the character in the background who holds a pistol is the conspirator michel de bourges and the lion dog who guards the sheep / with big heads solange. Iconographic description: against a backdrop of a rural landscape, the caricatured figures of george sand and his entourage are staged in a gallant satire. A legend by george sand and auguste charpentier develops its meaning. __here historical commentary: __here person / character represented: calamatta, luigi; sand, maurice (maurice dudevand, said); arago, emmanuel françois victor; didier, charles; grzymala, albert, count; tousez, pierre-martinien, known as bocage; liszt, franz; delacroix, eugene; chopin, frédéric françois; sand, george; mallefille, félicien; enrico; michel de bourges (louis-chrysostome michel, said) mode of acquisition: legacy name of donor, testator, seller: lauth-sand, aurore date of acquisition: 1923 institution: museum of romantic life inventory number: d 89. 105 exposed: museum of romantic life - pavilion, ground floor, room 4, wall 2. Date: En 1837.