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: 30cm
width: 21. 6cm
dimensions - picture:
height: 13cm
width: 10cm
dimensions - mounting:
height: 40cm
width: 30cm
description:
plate 21 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. 21" 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: poor darling
iconographic description:
a man wearing a nightcap is curled up in an armchair. A young woman rearranges the pillows he leans on. 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: "la rabouilleuse displayed the care of the most servile, of the most attentive tenderness, she found that the gentleman had his head too low, she replaced the pillows, she was like a wife of yesterday. So the old boy had an expansion of sensitivity. -- we owe you, mademoiselle, said agathe, a lot of gratitude for the brands of attachment that you have given to my brother for so long, and for the way in which you ensure his happiness" [extract from la rabouilleuse, by honoré de balzac]
themes / subjects / places represented:
social subject, morals, grisette, illness, bed linen - bedding
mode of acquisition: purchase
institution: maison de balzac
inventory number: bal 98-94. Date: 1827.
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