#1797

[artschoolglasses]

Hair Brooch, American, 1797

From the Cincinnati Art Museum

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Journal des Dames et des Modes, Costume Parisien, 10 novembre 1797, (10): Plumet de héron sur un Fichu en Marmote. Collet de Chemise d'homme. Clef d'or servant d'Epingle. Spencer. Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

A kerchief adorned with an aigrette (heron feather) is worn as a headscarf. The dress's standing collar is the same as that of a man's shirt. A brooch at the neckline resembles a gold key. A Spencer hat trimmed with fur. Other accessories include gloves, stockings, pointed-toe flats, and a whip in her hand. The print is part of the fashion magazine Journal des Dames et des Modes, published by Sellèque, Paris, 1797-1839.

[thisflighttonight]

Little Goblins, 1797-1799

Francisco Goya, 1746-1828

[postcardaday]

detail of Duchess of Alba, Francisco Goya, 1797

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[nesiacha]

"To live is not to suffer, it is not to languish, it is not to barely vegetate and drag oneself along with great deprivation and misery from the cradle to the grave. To live is to freely traverse the circle of our existence, giving to all the periods it comprises what is suitable for our organization, both physically and morally." This is what Gracchus Babeuf wrote on the eve of his execution.

[treasuresfromthearchives]

Portrait of Sor Juana de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe

Domingo Ortiz Mexican 1797

"This painting exemplifies an unusual type of portraiture that is unique to colonial Mexico. It commemorates the ceremony during which a sixteen-year-old girl professed the vows of a Conceptionist nun and entered the Mexico City convent of Regina Coeli. She wears the profession regalia of the Order of the Immaculate Conception, including the characteristic nuptial crown and rings that identify her as a "bride of Christ." She is dressed in the distinctive habit of the order, popularly known as "blue nuns," after the color of their robes. Over her heart, she wears a large pictorial badge that depicts the Virgin Mary flanked by her parents, Saint Joachim and Saint Anne. The wearing of such badges was a practice unique to Conceptionist and Jeronymite nuns. She carries a small, dressed sculpture of the Christ Child who raises his right hand in blessing and, in the other hand, holds a blue globe that symbolizes his dominion over the world. The use of such images as devotional aids was widespread, especially among women, who often received them as gifts from their mothers or other female relatives. Sometimes called "crowned nuns," portraits like this one not only record the appearance of a young woman at the time of her religious profession, but they also portray the taking of a new name and identity. Sor Juana de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, formerly Juana Valdés, has assumed a religious identity as well as a patriotic one, whose new name references the patroness of New Spain. The portrait would have been displayed in the home of her parents, where it not only recalled the presence of an absent child but also served as a visible marker of the family’s piety, wealth, and social prestige."