Noirdemange (18th century) - Lot 186

Noirdemange (18th century) Oval miniature, painted on ivory, depicting children arranged around the Altar of Love, personified by a statue of Cupid holding his torch and bow. At his feet, a set of attributes of the arts, military and royal. The column is annotated with a long quotation From the charming God to whom all is sacrificed. In your beautiful days, feel the sweetness. It's in Spring and pleasures are the flowers of life. of life, young beauties form tender vows, Love, love, Love alone makes you happy. Next to all this a color palette bearing the signature of the painter painter Noirdemange. Children dressed as Greco-Roman goddesses, Ceres, goddess of the harvest, with her crown of with a crown of wheat ears and a billhook, Minerva, goddess of war of war in helmeted cuirass holding a chalice and and spear, Bacchante wearing vine branches and leopard skin holding a similar crown, and Flora with a flowery crown holding a bag of flowers. In the background on the right, the perspective of the gardens of an idealized château where Apollo on his chariot rides the clouds before the sun. Beneath this cloud, a set of medallions, surmounted by a pair of doves, each annotated: Rien te garde, je te rendends les armes / De ton Dieu ton rival your rival, laugh again the victor / He knows how to love, he knows more than you / Lovers always happy. In a gilded bronze frame, adorned with a frieze of pearls and topped with a knotted ribbon engraved Vive l'Amour. Last quarter of the 18th century. Sight: H. 11.3 cm; W.: 10.3 cm (Damage, slight edge wear, missing screw for bow for the bow, crack on the left, restorations on the back on the back of the ivory plate) History: Noirdemange, a close friend of the famous miniaturist François Dumont, achieves here a masterpiece in the genre. Bibliography: Nathalie Lemoine Bouchard " Les peintres en miniatures 1650-1850 " page 401