A tryst in a temple of Cupid: two women stand in the temple, and one of them is kissed on the hand by her lover. Engraving attributed to C. Bervic, 180-, after a painting attributed to L.R. Trinquesse, 1786.

  • Trinquesse, Louis Rolland, 1745-approximately 1800.
Date:
[between 1786 and 1799?]
Reference:
2475454i
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Description

The people attending the assignation or rendez-vous are dressed in extravagant archaic clothes, with plumed hats, silk dresses, ruffs and tassles. Cupid holds a burning torch and a garland

Publication/Creation

[Paris?], [between 1786 and 1799?]

Physical description

1 print : line engraving ; image 51.1 x 40 cm

Contributors

Lettering

Some impressions have lettering "Bervick del" and "La déclaration"

References note

J. Laran, Inventaire du fonds français après 1800, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes, vol. 2, Paris 1937, p. 333 ("Beraldi cite de lui deux planches d'après Fragonard, La Déclaration et Le Serment, que nous n'avons pas rencontrées")

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2475454i

Creator/production credits

The composition has also been attributed to Fragonard

Reproduction note

After: a painting in the reverse direction in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dijon

Type/Technique

Subjects

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