Reading tragedy The Orphan of China Voltaire, in the salon of Madame Geoffrin in Paris in the spring of 1755, painted by Anicet Charles Gabriel Lemonnier (1743 -1824) in 1812.
Table - currently in the Musée de la Malmaison - was executed well after the event, commissioned by Napoleon I, who wanted to honor the philosophers of the Enlightenment and especially Voltaire. One can recognize Maria Theresa Geoffrin sitting right at the forefront. Basically, the bust of Voltaire, in exile outside Paris, dominates assistance and serves as the axis of the painting on his left the minister Choiseul, his friend. Experts will recognize without difficulty Diderot, Marmontel and the intelligentsia any time, while the actor Le Kain, dressed in red, sat at a table with sheets of manuscript in hand, prepares to read the play. Behind the actress Clairon Lekain based on file with the player's chair, ready to give the reply.
Table - currently in the Musée de la Malmaison - was executed well after the event, commissioned by Napoleon I, who wanted to honor the philosophers of the Enlightenment and especially Voltaire. One can recognize Maria Theresa Geoffrin sitting right at the forefront. Basically, the bust of Voltaire, in exile outside Paris, dominates assistance and serves as the axis of the painting on his left the minister Choiseul, his friend. Experts will recognize without difficulty Diderot, Marmontel and the intelligentsia any time, while the actor Le Kain, dressed in red, sat at a table with sheets of manuscript in hand, prepares to read the play. Behind the actress Clairon Lekain based on file with the player's chair, ready to give the reply.
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