A retexture by La Comtesse Zouboff — Original Mesh by @thejim07
First of all, I'm terribly sorry for the lack of content lately, I've had some major issues and now my computer is not available to me, since it's being repaired, but in the meantime, enjoy this little rococo set!
The history of these paintings-one of the most powerful evocations of love in the history of art-is linked with the career of Jeanne Bécu, Countess du Barry the last mistress of Louis XV. For a pleasure pavilion in Louveciennes she commissioned from the architect Claude-Nicolas Ledoux in 1771, the countess ordered from Fragonard four canvases depicting "the four ages of love." The series advances in the following order: from a flirtatious proposal (the pursuit), to a furtive meeting (the lover scales the wall of a garden), to consummation or marriage (the girl crowns her lover with roses), to the calm enjoyment of a happy union (the reading of love letters). Yet, for all their beauty and passion, Madame du Barry soon returned the canvases to the artist and ordered replacements from another. Were the resemblances between the red-coated lover and Louis XV potentially embarrassing? Did the exuberant canvases seem a little old-fashioned amid the cool neoclassicism of Ledoux's avant- garde pavilion? For whatever reason, Fragonard was left holding on to his creations for another twenty years. Then, adding seven more canvases, (although the original series contains five canvases) he installed the series in a cousin's villa in southern France. They passed through the collection of J. P. Morgan, where they were displayed in his London house. They were acquired by Frick in 1915 and installed in a room specially designed for them where they remain to this day.
I'm back with a collection of paitings by four of the most iconic french rococo masters!
In addition to mythological depictions, rococo paintings often showed gallant or even frivolous scenes. Therefore, they were particularly suitable for private cabinets, where only the closest and most intimate friends were received.
I created the mesh and texture of the frame myself in Blender. There are 40 painting swatches in total by the following painters:
1-13 - François Boucher (1703-1770)
14-25 - Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806)
26-34 - Jean François de Troy (1679-1752)
35-40 - Antoine Watteau (1684-1721)
Word Prompt: Persephone Meeting Hades rococo painting , desire, with dress and with a innocent charm, Ethereal and haunting, femme fatale with pink flowers scattered all around, dark underworld painterly and Jean-Honoré Fragonard inspired, 4k, marie antoinette , pastel colors, melancholy -