Plus de Peur Que de Mal (More Fear than Evil)

Series TitleChoix de Chansons/mises en musique/par M. De La Borde

Artist Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune (French, 1741 - 1814)

Date1773

MediumEngraving

DimensionsImage: 5 9/16 × 3 3/4 inches (14.13 × 9.53 cm)
Plate: 9 3/16 × 6 1/16 inches (23.34 × 15.4 cm)
Sheet: 10 5/8 × 7 inches (26.99 × 17.78 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald M. Chanin

Object number67-42/3

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Exhibition History

Architecture and Decorative Arts in Prints from the Permanent Collection, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, March 13-April 10, 1983, no. 27, as Plus de Peur Que de Mal, 1773.

Gallery Label

This small engraving conveys the atmosphere of love and seduction typical of life at the French court under the Ancien Regime, a social and political structure dominated by wealthy aristocrats. The wooded setting evokes the pastoral poetry of ancient Roman poets like Virgil, who memorably described the loves of shepherds and shepherdesses.

Published References

Architecture and Decorative Arts in Prints from the Permanent Collection, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, March 13-April 10, 1983, p. 5, as Les Amours de Glicère et d'Alexis, 1773.

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