History, Anecdote, and Accuracy: Anicet Charles Gabriel Lemonnier's Première lecture, chez Madame Geoffrin, de l' "Orphelin de la Chine," tragédie de Voltaire, en 1755.

Anicet Charles Gabriel Lemonnier's Première lecture, chez Madame Geoffrin, de l' "Orphelin de la Chine," tragédie de Voltaire, en 1755 (1812) frequently appears in books, articles, and websites as an illustration of the famous salon of Mme Geoffrin. Most scholarship on the painting focuses on its st...

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Publicado en:Eighteenth Century Fiction Vol. 33; no. 1; pp. 25 - 57
Autor principal: Fripp, Jessica L.
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Publicado: University of Toronto Press Fall2020
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        Lemonnier, Anicet Charles Gabriel, 1743-1824
        18th century French painting
        Josephine, Empress, consort of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1763-1814
        Geoffrin, Marie Thérèse Rodet, 1699-1777
        Salons (Gatherings)
        History of painting
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