Author(s):
monnier, henry bonaventure (paris, 07–06–1799 - paris, 03–01–1877 — 3–6–1877), designer
delpech, françois seraphin (orléans, 1778 - 1825), designer-lithographer
other title: yesterday & today (series title)
dating in century: 19th century
type(s) of object(s): graphic arts, print
name(s): print
materials and techniques: lithography, watercolor, laid paper
dimensions - artwork:
height: 23cm
width: 28. 8cm
dimensions - image:
height: 15. 2cm
width: 15. 2cm
dimensions - mounting:
height: 40cm
width: 30cm
description:
colored print
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
wet stamp - t. H. : monogram a m and 2 r next to each other?
title of the work - above the image: today
legend - under the image: a doctor
inscription concerning the author - under the image on the left: henry monnier
registration concerning the test - under the image on the right: i. Lith de delpech
iconographic description:
an elegant woman receives a doctor at her living room table. A servant brings back a bowl of fruit. The room is furnished with a bookcase, a globe, a frame, a large curtain and stylish armchairs. 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: "everyone let the duke and capraja talk, not wanting to be the dupe of a mystification; vendramin alone and the french doctor listened to them for a few moments. The opium smoker heard this poetry, he had the key to the palace where these two voluptuous imaginations wandered. The doctor sought to understand and understood; because he belonged to that host of fine geniuses of the paris school, from which the true doctor emerges as profound a metaphysician as a powerful analyst. " [excerpt from massimilia doni, by honoré de balzac]
themes / subjects / places represented:
subject of society, customs, meals, servant - maid, domestic interior, carpet
institution: maison de balzac
inventory number: bal91. 110. Unknown date
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