A. J. Defehrt (French, active 18th century)
after Charles le Brun (French, active 17th century-1765)
published by André le Breton (French, 1708-1779), Michel-Antoine David (French, c. 1707-1769), Laurent Durand (French, 1712-1763), and Antoine-Claude Briasson (French, 1700-1775)
Drawing: Expressions of Emotion (Hate or Jealousy, Anger, Desire, Physical Pain), from Encyclopédie
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A. J. Defehrt (French, active 18th century)
after Charles le Brun (French, active 17th century-1765)
published by André le Breton (French, 1708-1779), Michel-Antoine David (French, c. 1707-1769), Laurent Durand (French, 1712-1763), and Antoine-Claude Briasson (French, 1700-1775)1762/77
Drawing: Expressions of Emotion (Hate or Jealousy, Anger, Desire, Physical Pain), from Encyclopédie
A. J. Defehrt (French, active 18th century) after Charles le Brun (French, active 17th century-1765) published by André le Breton (French, 1708-1779), Michel-Antoine David (French, c. 1707-1769), Laurent Durand (French, 1712-1763), and Antoine-Claude Briasson (French, 1700-1775) →etchingprint
Date
1762/77
Medium
Etching with engraving on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 31.7 × 21.5 cm (12 1/2 × 8 1/2 in.); Plate: 35.5 × 22.5 cm (14 × 8 7/8 in.); Sheet: 40 × 26 cm (15 3/4 × 10 1/4 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
The Art Institute of Chicago
Le Brun’s depictions of the strongest passions offer a darker side of human emotions. In his lecture he argued that hatred and jealousy could be indistinguishable, emphasizing the livid, enflamed flesh of those caught in the thrall of these emotions, and therefore the Encyclopédie does not attempt to distinguish them. Anger adopts a similarly turbulent manifestation, with the glare of desire retaining a steely focus. Finally, the man writhing in acute pain offers a passionate reaction to a physical, rather than mental state.
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Drawing: Expressions of Emotion (Wonder, Love, Veneration, Rapture), from Encyclopédie
A. J. Defehrt (French, active 18th century) after Charles le Brun (French, active 17th century-1765) published by André le Breton (French, 1708-1779), Michel-Antoine David (French, c. 1707-1769), Laurent Durand (French, 1712-1763), and Antoine-Claude Briasson (French, 1700-1775)