Madame de Latude
ID(s):
1900006E0
1900006E0
Subject
Novel written by Sibylle-Gabrielle-Marie-Antoinette de Riquetti de Mirabeau, Countess of Martel de Janville, known as: Gyp. This drawing was published in Le Rire No. 290 on May 26, 1900, with the title: "Madame de Latude (Gyp) (or thirty-five minutes of captivity)." According to her police statement, Gyp was allegedly abducted on Friday, May 11, 1900, around 9 p.m., on Rue d'Alésia and taken to a castle near a railway bridge, at an altitude of 500 meters. She was found limping on Saturday around 3 a.m. in Paris, on the Pont de Bercy, with her clothes in disarray. Unable to verify her claims, the police concluded it was a hallucination. The journalist from Le Rire compares the event to that of Monsieur Latude, who became famous for 35 years of captivity in the castles of Vincennes, the Bastille, and Bicêtre for having clumsily attempted to approach the Marquise de Pompadour.
Novel written by Sibylle-Gabrielle-Marie-Antoinette de Riquetti de Mirabeau, Countess of Martel de Janville, known as: Gyp. This drawing was published in Le Rire No. 290 on May 26, 1900, with the title: "Madame de Latude (Gyp) (or thirty-five minutes of captivity)." According to her police statement, Gyp was allegedly abducted on Friday, May 11, 1900, around 9 p.m., on Rue d'Alésia and taken to a castle near a railway bridge, at an altitude of 500 meters. She was found limping on Saturday around 3 a.m. in Paris, on the Pont de Bercy, with her clothes in disarray. Unable to verify her claims, the police concluded it was a hallucination. The journalist from Le Rire compares the event to that of Monsieur Latude, who became famous for 35 years of captivity in the castles of Vincennes, the Bastille, and Bicêtre for having clumsily attempted to approach the Marquise de Pompadour.
Description:
Portrait of Gyp walking in a forest. The tree decor is very art nouveau.
Portrait of Gyp walking in a forest. The tree decor is very art nouveau.
Source:
Private collection
Private collection
Date:
1900
1900
Language: French
Dimensions (cm):
62,0 x 48,0
62,0 x 48,0
Signature:
Bottom right
Bottom right
Materials:
Graphite, charcoal, pastel
Graphite, charcoal, pastel
Support:
Paper
Paper
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