Diderot und Vien: Ein Beitrag zu Diderots klassizistischer Asthetik

‘I was born in this palace’: Emotional Bonds in the Artistic Community of the Louvre (1750–1800)

“…Monsieur Vien was a good father who spoiled his family and wanted to treat them at home. 20 David, another of Vien's apprentices who remained close to his former master, opened a studio for his students in his Louvre apartment in 1781, when he returned from Rome (where he had been with the Viens). 21 His first and most promising apprentice was Germain Drouais, whose unexpected premature death deeply moved David.…”

“…When Joseph-Marie Vien's daughter was born in 1758, her baptism was celebrated in the Louvre's parish church (Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois) in the presence of many neighbours, her godfather being the royal architect Pierre Coustou. 45 In 1761, the wife of miniaturist François-Elie Vincent stood as godmother to Vien's son, and a few years later, Vincent placed his two sons (one of whom was François-André, Mme Labille-Guiard's future husband) in Vien's studio for their apprenticeship. Likewise, weddings confirm the deep friendship that linked the artists of the Louvre.…”

“…In return, Vien chaperoned Roslin whenever he visited his own fiancée, the painter Marie-Suzanne Giroust. 47 Sadder circumstances also united the artistic community of the Louvre. Joseph Vernet's wife was subject to deep depressions and the residents were deployed to visit her in turn to cheer her up.…”