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Boileau Collection

Boileau, a prominent figure in French literature during the 1600s

Background imageBoileau Collection: La Fontaine, Moliere, Racine, and other French writers, 1600s

La Fontaine, Moliere, Racine, and other French writers, 1600s
Conversation among French authors La Fontaine, Boileau, Moliere, and Racine. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageBoileau Collection: Portrait of Nicolas Boileau

Portrait of Nicolas Boileau
CUL4931685 Portrait of Nicolas Boileau; Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Spain; (add.info.: BOILEAU, Nicolas, also called 'Boileau-Despreaux' (1631-1711). English poet

Background imageBoileau Collection: Portrait of Nicolas Boileau (1636-1711) dit Boileau-Despreaux (Boileau Despreaux), French poet

Portrait of Nicolas Boileau (1636-1711) dit Boileau-Despreaux (Boileau Despreaux), French poet
JEB4866332 Portrait of Nicolas Boileau (1636-1711) dit Boileau-Despreaux (Boileau Despreaux), French poet, writer and critic - Engraving published in the book "Les lettres de Madame de sevigne

Background imageBoileau Collection: Jack and Tommy Illustration

Jack and Tommy Illustration
An illustration of a military man wearing a blue uniform, walking together with a woman in a yellow hat and skirt. Date: circa 1915

Background imageBoileau Collection: Snowbirds by Philip Boileau

Snowbirds by Philip Boileau (1863-1917) - two pretty young ladies in matching sailor suits and dark bonnet-style hats. His illustrations of dignified women became a part of popular culture

Background imageBoileau Collection: Portrait of Nicolas Boileau (1636-1711), 18th century (oil on canvas)

Portrait of Nicolas Boileau (1636-1711), 18th century (oil on canvas)
JLJ4567464 Portrait of Nicolas Boileau (1636-1711), 18th century (oil on canvas) by Gresly, Gabriel (1712-56); Musee des Beaux-Arts, Besancon

Background imageBoileau Collection: Bust of Nicolas Boileau (marble)

Bust of Nicolas Boileau (marble)
YOU4418196 Bust of Nicolas Boileau (marble) by Girardon, Francois (1628-1715); Louvre, Paris, France; (add.info.: Bust of Nicolas Boileau dit Despreaux (Boileau-Despreaux) (1636-1711)

Background imageBoileau Collection: Poetic Art in Artworks by Nicolas Boileau. Illustration E. Bayard

Poetic Art in Artworks by Nicolas Boileau. Illustration E. Bayard
LSE4076833 Poetic Art in Artworks by Nicolas Boileau. Illustration E. Bayard. Paris 1873, Laplace Sanchez and Cie editors

Background imageBoileau Collection: Dinner at Molieres in Auteuil. Allusion to the anecdote of 'Dinner d

Dinner at Molieres in Auteuil. Allusion to the anecdote of "Dinner d
XEE4168618 Dinner at Molieres in Auteuil. Allusion to the anecdote of " Dinner d Auteuil" or La Fontaine, Chapelle (Claude Emmanuel Lhuillier, dit), Racine and Boileau decided

Background imageBoileau Collection: Portrait of Nicolas Boileau (1636-1711) dit Boileau Despreaux (Boileau-Despreaux)

Portrait of Nicolas Boileau (1636-1711) dit Boileau Despreaux (Boileau-Despreaux)
JLJ4649751 Portrait of Nicolas Boileau (1636-1711) dit Boileau Despreaux (Boileau-Despreaux), french writer - Painting by Jean Baptiste Santerre (1651-1717) - Oil on canvas - Sun 1, 00 X 0

Background imageBoileau Collection: Front and reverse of a promotional card for the Parisian Department Store

Front and reverse of a promotional card for the Parisian Department Store
488394 Front and reverse of a promotional card for the Parisian Department Store Au Bon MarchA©, depicting one of the most popular folk songs in the French language

Background imageBoileau Collection: Boileau (coloured engraving)

Boileau (coloured engraving)
2802205 Boileau (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Boileau. Illustration for Le Plutarque Francais by Ed Mennechet (Crapelet)

Background imageBoileau Collection: Portrait of Nicolas Boileau Despreaux (Boileau-Despreaux) (1636-1711

Portrait of Nicolas Boileau Despreaux (Boileau-Despreaux) (1636-1711
JLJ4659920 Portrait of Nicolas Boileau Despreaux (Boileau-Despreaux) (1636-1711) - Painting by Jean Baptiste Santerre (1651-1717), 1684 - Sun 0, 63x0, 52 m - by Santerre

Background imageBoileau Collection: Portrait of Nicolas Boileau (1636 - 1711) dit Boileau Despreaux (Boileau-Despreaux)

Portrait of Nicolas Boileau (1636 - 1711) dit Boileau Despreaux (Boileau-Despreaux)
JLJ4608639 Portrait of Nicolas Boileau (1636 - 1711) dit Boileau Despreaux (Boileau-Despreaux), french writer - Painting from the workshop of Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659-1743)

Background imageBoileau Collection: Portrait of Nicolas Boileau, also known as Boileau Despreaux (Boileau-Despreaux

Portrait of Nicolas Boileau, also known as Boileau Despreaux (Boileau-Despreaux
LSE4334166 Portrait of Nicolas Boileau, also known as Boileau Despreaux (Boileau-Despreaux) (1636-1711) poet, writer. Engraving to illustrate the Works of M

Background imageBoileau Collection: Portrait of Nicolas Boileau (1636-1711) dit Boileau-Despreaux (Boileau Despreaux)

Portrait of Nicolas Boileau (1636-1711) dit Boileau-Despreaux (Boileau Despreaux)
XEE4142486 Portrait of Nicolas Boileau (1636-1711) dit Boileau-Despreaux (Boileau Despreaux), a French writer in his house in Auteuil. Engraving by A

Background imageBoileau Collection: Portrait of Nicolas Boileau Despreaux (Boileau-Despreaux) (1636-1711) in '

Portrait of Nicolas Boileau Despreaux (Boileau-Despreaux) (1636-1711) in "
LSE4076834 Portrait of Nicolas Boileau Despreaux (Boileau-Despreaux) (1636-1711) in " Works of Nicolas Boileau" Paris 1873 (engraving) by Bayard

Background imageBoileau Collection: What Luck! a Bottle of Champagne; front and reverse of a promotional card for

What Luck! a Bottle of Champagne; front and reverse of a promotional card for
488392 What Luck! a Bottle of Champagne ; front and reverse of a promotional card for the Bon MarcheDepartment Stores in Paris, c.1895 (colour litho) by French School

Background imageBoileau Collection: Boileau (coloured engraving)

Boileau (coloured engraving)
3093030 Boileau (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Boileau. Illustration for Le Plutarque Francais by Ed Mennechet (Crapelet, 1837-1841)

Background imageBoileau Collection: La Fontaine, Boileau, Moliere, and Racine (engraving)

La Fontaine, Boileau, Moliere, and Racine (engraving)
965757 La Fontaine, Boileau, Moliere, and Racine (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: La Fontaine, Boileau, Moliere, and Racine)

Background imageBoileau Collection: Portrait of Nicolas Boileau Despreaux (1636-1711), French poet and critic

Portrait of Nicolas Boileau Despreaux (1636-1711), French poet and critic
XEE556911 Portrait of Nicolas Boileau Despreaux (1636-1711), French poet and critic. by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageBoileau Collection: Portrait of Nicolas Boileau dit Boileau Despreaux (Boileau-Despreaux)

Portrait of Nicolas Boileau dit Boileau Despreaux (Boileau-Despreaux)
LSE4084201 Portrait of Nicolas Boileau dit Boileau Despreaux (Boileau-Despreaux), french writer (1636-1711) in Ed Mennechet, " Le Plutarque francais", 1844-1847 by French School

Background imageBoileau Collection: Boileau: Le Lutrin (chromolitho)

Boileau: Le Lutrin (chromolitho)
734501 Boileau: Le Lutrin (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Boileau: Le Lutrin)

Background imageBoileau Collection: Scene of the play 'Le Malade Imaginaire'by Jean Baptiste Poquelin dit MOLIERE

Scene of the play "Le Malade Imaginaire"by Jean Baptiste Poquelin dit MOLIERE
AIS5354638 Scene of the play " Le Malade Imaginaire" by Jean Baptiste Poquelin dit MOLIERE (1622-1673), late 19th - early 20th century (painting) by Lelong

Background imageBoileau Collection: illustration of in Oeuvres de Nicolas Boileau, Paris 1873

illustration of in Oeuvres de Nicolas Boileau, Paris 1873
LSE4076835 illustration of in Oeuvres de Nicolas Boileau, Paris 1873, Laplace Sanchez and Cie editeurs (engraving) by Bayard

Background imageBoileau Collection: La Fontaine, Boileau, Moliere and Racine dinant at the cabaret - in '

La Fontaine, Boileau, Moliere and Racine dinant at the cabaret - in "
LSE4095229 La Fontaine, Boileau, MoliAre and Racine dinant at the cabaret - in " Histoire de France since the most remote times until 1789" by M

Background imageBoileau Collection: A salon (Cabaret) bringing together French writers Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695)

A salon (Cabaret) bringing together French writers Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695)
XEE4156610 A salon (Cabaret) bringing together French writers Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695), Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux (Boileau Despreaux) (1636-1711)

Background imageBoileau Collection: Nicolas Boileau, 1827. Creator: Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867)

Nicolas Boileau, 1827. Creator: Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867)
Nicolas Boileau, 1827. Found in the Collection of Musee Ingres, Montauban

Background imageBoileau Collection: Paris. - Le Palais Du Trocadero. - ND, c1910. Creator: Unknown

Paris. - Le Palais Du Trocadero. - ND, c1910. Creator: Unknown
Paris. - Le Palais Du Trocadero. - ND, c1910. Chaillot was first arranged for the 1867 Worlds Fair, designed in classicizing " moderne" style by architects Louis-Hippolyte Boileau

Background imageBoileau Collection: Portrait of Louis Pasteur (1822-1895)

Portrait of Louis Pasteur (1822-1895). Private Collection

Background imageBoileau Collection: Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux, 1636 - 1711, aka Boileau. French poet and critic

Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux, 1636 - 1711, aka Boileau. French poet and critic

Background imageBoileau Collection: Boileau Statue Gabriel Bernard Seurre Decoration

Boileau Statue Gabriel Bernard Seurre Decoration
Boileau, Statue by Gabriel Bernard Seurre, Decoration of the Louvre, Paris; Edouard Baldus (French, born Germany, 1813 - 1889); Paris, France; 1852 - 1857; Salted paper print; 18 x 6.7 cm (7 1)

Background imageBoileau Collection: Nicolas Boileau-Despr

Nicolas Boileau-Despr

Background imageBoileau Collection: Absence cannot hearts divide

Absence cannot hearts divide - a young American bride awaits for the return of her beloved. Date: circa 1910

Background imageBoileau Collection: Edwardian girls at the opera

Edwardian girls at the opera. Portrait of voluptuous young women at the opera. Artist: Philip Boileau Date: circa 1900

Background imageBoileau Collection: D Orsay Gate at the Exposition Internationale, Paris

D Orsay Gate at the Exposition Internationale, Paris
D Orsay Gate at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes, Paris - designed by Louis-Hippolyte Boileau (1878-1948). Date: 1925

Background imageBoileau Collection: The Girl of the Golden West

The Girl of the Golden West. Date: circa 1910

Background imageBoileau Collection: Various Works of Boileau by Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux. Paris

Various Works of Boileau by Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux. Paris
Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux (1636-1711). French poet. Various Works of Boileau. Engraving. Printed in Paris, 1713. Library of Catalonia. Barcelona. Spain

Background imageBoileau Collection: Boileau (Massard)

Boileau (Massard)
Nicolas BOILEAU-DESPREAUX French writer (oval portrait) Date: 1636 - 1711

Background imageBoileau Collection: Boileau (Boilly)

Boileau (Boilly)
Nicolas BOILEAU-DESPREAUX French writer Date: 1636 - 1711

Background imageBoileau Collection: Boileau (Delannoy)

Boileau (Delannoy)
Nicolas BOILEAU-DESPREAUX French writer Date: 1636 - 1711

Background imageBoileau Collection: Boileau-Despreaux (Coll

Boileau-Despreaux (Coll
Nicolas BOILEAU-DESPREAUX French writer Date: 1636 - 1711

Background imageBoileau Collection: BOILEAU, Nicolas, also called Boileau-Despr页x

BOILEAU, Nicolas, also called Boileau-Despr页x
BOILEAU, Nicolas, also called Boileau-Despr页 x (1631-1711). French poet. Engraving

Background imageBoileau Collection: Paris, France - Eglise Saint-Andre, Chaussee d Antin

Paris, France - Eglise Saint-Andre, Chaussee d Antin. Date: 1854

Background imageBoileau Collection: Blinded French soldier learning to write, WW1

Blinded French soldier learning to write, WW1
At the Rue Boileau, a poilu, blinded in the war, learns to write. 1915

Background imageBoileau Collection: Jean Puget De LA Serre

Jean Puget De LA Serre
JEAN PUGET DE LA SERRE French writer, described by Boileau as being as prolific as he was mediocre... Date: 1600 - 1665

Background imageBoileau Collection: Hommage to Homer (tapestry)

Hommage to Homer (tapestry)
XIR901453 Hommage to Homer (tapestry) by Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) (after); Musee Ingres, Montauban, France; (add.info.: Hommage eHomAeAšre); French, out of copyright



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Boileau, a prominent figure in French literature during the 1600s, was not only an influential writer himself but also had close connections with other renowned authors of his time. La Fontaine, Moliere, and Racine were among the many French writers who shared a literary camaraderie with Boileau. The Jack and Tommy Illustration captures the essence of this era, showcasing the vibrant artistic scene that flourished under Boileau's influence. Snowbirds by Philip Boileau further exemplifies his impact on artistry beyond just writing. "Absence cannot hearts divide, " a quote often associated with Boileau's works, reflects his ability to evoke deep emotions through poetry. His words resonated with readers then as they do now. In an Edwardian girls at the opera painting, we see how Boileau's legacy transcended generations. His ideas continued to inspire artists long after his passing. Portraits of Nicolas Boileau depict him as both a man and an artist. The oil on canvas portrait from the 18th century showcases his refined demeanor while the marble bust immortalizes his contribution to literature. Poetic Art in Artworks by Nicolas Boileau is another testament to his mastery of language and imagery. E. Bayard beautifully illustrates how he painted vivid pictures through words alone. "Dinner at Molieres in Auteuil" alludes to an anecdote surrounding "Dinner d'" - a famous gathering where intellectuals gathered for stimulating conversations and debates. This event symbolizes Boileau's role as a central figure within intellectual circles of that time. Front and reverse of a promotional card for the Parisian Department Store feature images related to Boileau's life or works—showcasing how even commercial enterprises recognized his cultural significance. Finally, a colored engraving simply titled "Boileau" encapsulates various aspects of this remarkable individual—his writings, influence, and the impact he had on French literature.