Le repos / Jean-Baptiste Le Prince
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- Accession Number
- 1993/2.15
- Title
- Le repos
- Artist
- Jean-Baptiste Le Prince
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Artist Life Dates
- 1734-1781
- Medium and Support
- Etching and aquatint with hand-coloring on heavy laid paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1771
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- France (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- France (nation)
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Inscription
- Signed and dated on the plate, l.l.: Le Prince. 1771 Inscribed on the plate, at bottom center: Le Repos / se vend à Paris chés l Auteur, Cour du Vieux Louvre
- Dimensions
- 53.3 cm (21 in.)
- Century
- 18th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- intaglio print
- Secondary Object Type
- etching and aquatint
- Physical Description
- In a large dark interior, and elderly couple standing in the shadows gestures towards a sleeping woman positioned in bright light in the foreground. Her clothing is in disarray, her breasts exposed, and garments used as makeshift drapery to screen her. At the lower left is a still life of an overturned basket with vegetables and eggs cascading onto the floor.
- Subject Matter
- Le Repos evidences a moralizing tenor that is common at this period. A disheveled, partly dressed young woman sleeps in the foreground while an elderly couple whisper and gesture towards her in the shadows at left. Although specifics of the scene are left unstated, the symbolism in the foreground of the overturned basket with broken eggs refers to the young woman’s lost virginity. Le Prince’s skills as a printmaker allow this print to assume all the complex nuances of a painting with its subtle tonal gradations and the richly described interior.
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- egg
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- sleeping
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- furniture
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- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 927 x 1193
- File Size
- 99 KB
- Record
- 1993/2.15
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"Le repos; Jean-Baptiste Le Prince." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1993-sl-2.15/1993_2.15.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 19, 2024.