The Raised Chemise
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Le feu aux poudres, pendant to La Chemise enlevée.
The Raised Chemise or The Shift Withdrawn (La Chemise enlevée ) is a small c.1770 oil on canvas painting by Jean-Honoré Fragonard, now in the Louvre in Paris, to which it was left by Dr Louis La Caze in 1869.[1] Its earlier but similarly small pendant Fire to the Gunpowder (Le Feu aux poudres) was in Carlos de Beistegui's collection and is now also in the Louvre.[2][3]
It was exhibited in Paris in 1860, helping the frères Goncourt rescue him from the obscurity into which he had fallen after the French Revolution, albeit only as a frivolous painter - his skill as a history painter was not recognised until the 20th century.[4]
References[]
- ^ (in French) "Catalogue entry".
- ^ (in French) "Catalogue entry".
- ^ (in Spanish) Eva-Gesine Baur, «El rococó y el neoclasicismo» en Los maestros de la pintura occidental, Taschen, 2005, pág. 360, ISBN 3-8228-4744-5.
- ^ (in Spanish) P. F. R. Carrassat, Maestros de la pintura, Spes Editorial, s.l., 2005 ISBN 84-8332-597-7, p. 163.
Categories:
- Paintings by Jean-Honoré Fragonard
- 1770 paintings
- Nude art
- Paintings in the Louvre by French artists