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Source gallica.bnf.fr / Bibliothèque nationale de France
- Artist:
- Anonymous
- Year of creation:
- 1750-1850
- Place of creation:
- Object type:
- Materials:
- hand-coloured etching
- Dimensions:
- 12.5 x 9.4 cm
- Current location:
- Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
- Collection ID number:
- RESERVE AE-12-PET FOL
- Keywords:
- globe, table, inkwell, quill, sex, gown, hat, wig, culottes, shoes, bed, curtain, Cupid, compass, music score, interior, Cirey
- People represented:
- Bibliography:
- Garry Apgar, “‘Sage comme une image’: trois siècles d'iconographie voltairienne”, Nouvelles de l'estampe 135 (juillet 1994), pp. 16-17, fig. 21.
- Jean Goulemot, “Les pratiques littéraires ou la publicité du privé”, in Philippe Ariès and Georges Duby (eds.), Histoire de la vie privée, Paris: Seuil, 1986, 5 vols., vol. 3, pp. 371-405, here p. 404.
- Related:
- [related drawing] Les Délices, Geneva, imv ic 0483/2
- [related drawing attributed to Claude Louis Desrais] Eve, 12 June 2017 sale, Lot 143
- [related bas-relief] Paris Enchères - Collin du Bocage, 25 June 2013 sale, Lot 101
- [another pornographic drawing of Voltaire and Emilie du Châtelet, also attributed to Claude Louis Desrais] Eve, 12 June 2017 sale, Lot 142
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