Description: HUBERT FRANCOIS GRAVELOT | 18th century erotic etching from PUCELLE, Voltaire Obtain this beautiful Baroque or Rokoko print from 1762. Two lovers have fallen out and are causing a stir in the public eye. A lady at the top right of a balustrade is about to throw a heavy object, perhaps a stone, at the two of them. Normal 0 21 false false false DE X-NONE X-NONE Illustration taken from this book: François Marie Arouet de Voltaire. La Pucelle d’Orléans, poëme, divisé en vingt chants, avec des notes. Nouvelle édition, corrigée, augmentée & collationnée sur le manuscript de l’auteur. Geneva: Gabriel Cramer, 1762. Author: Voltair, François Marie Arouet de (French, 1694-1778). Printer: Gabriel Cramer (Swiss, 1723-1793). Artist: Gravelot, Hubert François (French, 1699-1773). A complete book edition is preserved in the Varshavsky Collection in San Francisco, California. Size of the egraving app. 3,2 x 5,5 inches, of the frame app. 8 x 12 inches. From a private art and design collection. Background: When a king is busy with his beloved while his country is besieged by enemies, about to be completely wrested from his hand, only a maiden can bring salvation. And her greatest heroic deed is to remain just that, despite being surrounded by numerous men. What the French writer Voltaire offers here is not a historical or heroic epic in rhyme, but a satirical text written in several cantos with numerous erotic allusions, a parody that spares none of the participants, least of all the church and its officials. Originally intended only for recitation among friends, this text soon became very popular and was copied, even against the author's wishes, and first published in printed form in 1755. However, due to the mockery of the Catholic Church and its myths and the associated fear of repression, he denied authorship for a long time and only had the text officially printed in Geneva in an edited form in 1762. Individual copies of the various official and unofficial editions of the ‘Pucelle’ were accompanied by various illustrations that were in no way inferior to the delicate content. INTERNATIONAL BIDS | Buyers from anywhere in the world are welcome. I speak English. Hablo Espanol. Je parles Francais. Ich spreche Deutsch. SHIPPING | I use refurbished and recycled packaging material to save natural resources. If You buy more than one pieces, You will pay full shipping costs for the biggest item and additional 9 Dollars for every following item. If You want to collect items and bundle them for shipping, please let me know.MY ITEMS | I am selling vintage and antique originals from my own collection. Please understand that connoisseurial attributions ultimately remain highly subjective.
Price: 29 USD
Location: Düsseldorf
End Time: 2024-11-06T06:58:03.000Z
Shipping Cost: 18 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Time Period Manufactured: Pre-1800
Country/Region of Manufacture: France
