A woman "in heat", standing in a field with her breasts exposed and holding a basket of flowers, accompanied by three cupids. Lithograph by J. Laurens, ca. 1857, after N. Diaz de la Peña.

  • Diaz de la Peña, Narcisse Virgile, 1807-1876.
Date:
[between 1850 and 1859]
Reference:
31166i
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About this work

Description

"La saison des Amours": the rutting season, oestral (estral) phase, mating season etc.

One of two or more prints by Laurens after Diaz called "La saison des Amours". Another is listed by Lethève et al., op. cit. p. 25, no. 70.10 (in La Galerie Bruyas, 1875): the composition shows a couple embracing and a seated woman being kissed by a young man, with cupids

Publication/Creation

[Paris] : [Peyrol], [between 1850 and 1859] (Paris : Imp. Lemercier)

Physical description

1 print : lithograph ; image 28.9 x 16.8 cm

Contributors

Lettering

N. Diaz pinx. J. Laurens lith. Bears number: 6

Edition

[State before lettering "La saison des Amours"].

References note

Jacques Lethève et al., Inventaire du fonds français après 1800, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes, tome XIII, Paris 1965, p. 20, no. 26.6

Reference

Wellcome Collection 31166i

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Where to find it

  • Bears blind stamp, in oval: "Le Salon, 9 Rue Mazarine"
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