Night Scene from Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux's "The Lectern" [Le Lutrin], Illustration for the 3rd Canto / Bernard Picart

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Accession Number
2013/2.566
Title
Night Scene from Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux's "The Lectern" [Le Lutrin], Illustration for the 3rd Canto
Artist Nationality
French
Artist Life Dates
1673-1733
Inscription
Le Lutrin, Chant Troisiéme (lc in print); B. Picart Scul. dir. 1717. (lc in print); B. Picart. Sculp. dir. 1728. (ll in print); Engr. by B. Picart for "Le Lutrin" by Boileau. 1728 (verso lc inscribed in pencil)
Dimensions
33 x 22.6 cm (13 x 8 7/8 in.)
Century
18th century
Physical Description
Three men standing in a surprised movement with an owl coming out of an overturned lectern. There is decorated border around the drawing.
Subject Matter
The French satirist Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux wrote Le Lutrin in 1674. This "mock-heroic poem" recounts the quarrel of two church dignitaries over where to place the lectern in the church. This print depicts a scene from the 3rd Canto when three men try to move the lectern in the middle of the night, under the cover of darkness.
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2472 x 3519
File Size
1 MB
Record
2013/2.566
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"Night Scene from Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux's "The Lectern" [Le Lutrin], Illustration for the 3rd Canto; Bernard Picart." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2013-sl-2.566/2013_2.566.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024.
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