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: 27cm
width: 36cm
dimensions - picture:
height: 16. 5cm
width: 21cm
dimensions - mounting:
height: 50cm
width: 40cm
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
signature - j. Grandville
letter - the metamorphoses of the day n°31
letter - vocal concert
inscription - lith. By langlumé
registration - at bulla, rue st jacques n°38 and at martinet rue du coq
iconographic description:
this satirical scene represents a concert given by a choir of six singers accompanied by a violin and a keyboard. All the protagonists have animal heads. The soloist, wearing an imposing feathered hat, has the head of a goose. The male choir is made up of a rooster, a partridge, a calf, an ox and a final animal hidden in the background. The violinist, who seems to double as an enthusiastic conductor, has the face of a monkey. The keyboard has, for its part, an ox's head. Extract from métamorphoses du jour (editions gustave havard libraire, paris, 1854): "you have all known this impressionable and violent conductor [. . . ] his face, which offered enough of an analogy with that of the irritated monkey [. . . ] the singers form a sextet. The fair sex is only represented by a contralto, a goose with the gait, the gait, the the male voice [. . . ] a soprano, this big blackbird with a round belly [. . . ] the haute-contre cock must be a very old rooster; today there are no more haute-contre cocks;
themes / subjects / places represented:
subject of society, morals, cow, goose, monkey, concert, musician, violin, rooster, singer - lyric artist
mode of acquisition: purchase
date of acquisition: 21–02–1986
institution: maison de balzac
inventory number: bal925(year). Date: between 1828 and 1829.
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