A detail of the plate. Here is the information about the exhibition, from the website.
The story told by the toile de Jouy
As
part of national commemorations of the bicentenary of the death of
Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf (1738-1815), founder of the Manufacture de
Jouy, the Lambinet Museum presents the exhibition "The fiber heroes"
.Celle it proposes to find, with
the printed canvas, reflects the ideals and events that interest the
company at the end of the eighteenth century and the first half of the
nineteenth century. Characters in the paintings, faithful to the neoclassical canons fashionable in their time, often represent ancient heroes. Other paintings depict episodes and heroes of literary, scientific or contemporary military. Reflections of the news, they also show the flight of the first balloons or even significant naval battles. These
ultra-narrative sets were mainly produced by the Manufacture de
Jouy-en-Josas, but also manufactures Rouen, Nantes and Mulhouse. Mostly
borrowed from the Museum of Toile de Jouy in Jouy-en-Josas, exposed
paintings form a complement to the exhibition "Christophe-Philippe
Oberkampf, 1738-1815; the toiles de Jouy, a human adventure, industrial
and artistic" , held in Jouy from 15 September to 27 December 2015. | |
