alb3664497

ANONYMOUS, FRENCH, 18TH CENTURY. The Two Are But One (Les deux ne font qu'un)

The Two Are But One (Les deux ne font qu'un). Artist: Anonymous, French, 18th century. Dimensions: sheet: 5 7/8 x 8 3/8 in. (15 x 21.3 cm). Date: late 18th century.
During the first years of the French REvolution, King Louis XVI was rarely ridiculed in prints. It was only after the night of June 20, 1791 - when he and his family attempted to flee Paris for a Royalist stronghold, where he hoped to begin a counterrevolution - that popular opinion turned more decidedly against him. Louis and Queen Marie-Antoinette then became frequent targets of French caricaturists, who often depicted them in a sort of reverse anthropomorphism, as animals with human heads. Here, the royal couple is portrayed as a two-headed creature that pulls in opposite directions. The king is given the body of a pig and the horns of a cuckold, a reference to his wife's many rumored affairs; the queen, with the body of a hyena, sports a fancy headdress of serpents and ostrich feathers, the latter a pun on her Austrian heritage (autruche and Autriche).
Teilen
pinterestPinterest
twitterTwitter
facebookFacebook
emailEmail

Zu einem anderen Lightbox hinzufügen

Zu einem anderen Lightbox hinzufügen

add to lightbox print share
Haben Sie bereits ein Konto? Anmelden
Sie haben kein Konto? Registrieren
Dieses Bild kaufen. Nutzung auswählen:
Daten werden geladen...
Titel: The Two Are But One (Les deux ne font qu'un)
Untertitel: Siehe automatische Übersetzung
The Two Are But One (Les deux ne font qu'un). Artist: Anonymous, French, 18th century. Dimensions: sheet: 5 7/8 x 8 3/8 in. (15 x 21.3 cm). Date: late 18th century. During the first years of the French REvolution, King Louis XVI was rarely ridiculed in prints. It was only after the night of June 20, 1791 - when he and his family attempted to flee Paris for a Royalist stronghold, where he hoped to begin a counterrevolution - that popular opinion turned more decidedly against him. Louis and Queen Marie-Antoinette then became frequent targets of French caricaturists, who often depicted them in a sort of reverse anthropomorphism, as animals with human heads. Here, the royal couple is portrayed as a two-headed creature that pulls in opposite directions. The king is given the body of a pig and the horns of a cuckold, a reference to his wife's many rumored affairs; the queen, with the body of a hyena, sports a fancy headdress of serpents and ostrich feathers, the latter a pun on her Austrian heritage (autruche and Autriche).
Technik/Material: Hand-colored etching
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Bildnachweis: Album
Freigaben (Releases): ? Modellfreigabe: Nein - ? Eigentumsfreigabe: Nein
Rechtefragen?
Bildgröße: 3983 × 2814 px | 32.1 MB
Druckgröße: 33.7 × 23.8 cm | 1568.1 × 1107.9 in (300 dpi)