- Additional Authors
- Helman, Isidore-Stanislas, 1743-1809.
- Description
- Engraving; 43 x 58 cm.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Dance Special Acquisition Fund.
- Subjects
- Note
- Inscribed lower left: Dessiné par Monnet. Inscribed lower right: Gravé par Helman, l'An 5. Inscribed lower center: A Paris chez l'Auteur, rue Honoré No. 1497, Section Butte des Moulins.
- Tableau vivant from La Fête de l'Unité et de l'Indivisibilité de la République, staged by Jacques-Louis David and Pierre Gardel, on the first anniversary of the seizing of the Tuileries and the arrest of the king.
- Large crowd gathered around a monumental statue of Egyptian goddess Isis. Milk, symbolizing Liberty, sprays from the breasts into a large basin below the statue and a cup being held by a spectator, probably De Seychelles, president of the Convention. On the site of the Bastille.
- Cf. *MGS (French) 89-2194. Chazin-Bennahum, Judith. Dance in the shadow of the guillotine, 1988. Reproduction, p. 107
- Call Number
- *MGZFH Mon C Fon 1
- OCLC
- NYPY906047483-F
- Author
Monnet, Charles, 1732-1809?
- Title
La fontaine de la régénération : sur les débris de la Bastille, le 10 Août 1793.
- Imprint
Paris, 1797.
- Local Note
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- Connect to:
- Local Subject
Politics in art -- France.
Prints (Graphic arts) -- 18th century.
- Added Author
Helman, Isidore-Stanislas, 1743-1809.
- Research Call Number
*MGZFH Mon C Fon 1