{"product_id":"pair-of-romantic-french-hand-coloured-engravings","title":"Pair of Romantic French Hand Coloured Engravings","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe 18\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e and 19\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century saw a decadent sexual revolution for the privileged, where the old-world pressures of church and state behaviour waned and the floodgates to libertine perversity opened. Rococo art was this era's erotic entertainment. Sexually charged paintings and erotic literature were abundant, encouraged and consumed en-masse by all: from tacky prints and scratchy etchings to sensuous oils on canvas. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eA small armoury of artistic musketeers would dominate French artistic taste and become the emissaries of erotica. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe compositions may derive from paintings or prints by artists in the circle of \u003cstrong data-start=\"1204\" data-end=\"1287\"\u003eJean-Honoré Fragonard, Nicolas Lavreince, Jean-Frédéric Schall or Antoine Borel\u003c\/strong\u003e, all of whom produced fashionable or intimate scenes of courtship and seduction. French printmakers frequently translated such paintings into engravings for a wider market. Etching and engraving were important means of circulating French artists’ compositions during the 18th century.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrames from the early 20th Century, 20x24cm.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MessyNessyChic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57365578809717,"sku":null,"price":210.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2324\/5673\/files\/IMG_1567.heic?v=1784371485","url":"https:\/\/shop.messynessychic.com\/products\/pair-of-romantic-french-hand-coloured-engravings","provider":"MessyNessyChic","version":"1.0","type":"link"}