Mort de Julie

Nicolas Delaunay after Jean-Michel Moreau

Associated Names
Nicolas Delaunay

Artist, French, 1739 - 1792

Jean-Michel Moreau the Younger

Artist After, French, 1741 - 1814

This is a drawing of a scene around a four-poster bed. The interior room includes a canopied bed with curtains partially open. There are ornate chairs nearby. A figure is in bed, looking distressed. Other figures interact around the bed, with one reaching out towards it. The setting is elegant with classical elements such as panels or portraits on the walls and detailed drapery on the bed. The drawing conveys a sense of urgency or drama within a domestic, possibly historical or narrative context.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1949.5.518

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bocher 1882, no. 1436, State ii/iii


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1882

  • Bocher, Emmanuel. Jean Michel Moreau le jeune. Les gravures francaises du XVIIIe siecle, 6. Paris: Damascene Morgand et Charles Fatout, 1882.

Wikidata ID

Q65081520

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