L'accord Parfait (Perfect Harmony, from Monument du Costume Physique et Moral de la fin du Dix-huitième siècle)
Medium
Engraving on cream laid paper
Dimensions
sheet: 53 × 41 cm (20 7/8 × 16 3/16 in.); Plate: 40.2 × 31.5 cm (15 7/8 × 12 7/16 in.); Image: 27.5 × 22.4 cm (10 7/8 × 8 7/8 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
30101
Art Historical Context
**L'accord Parfait (Perfect Harmony)**, an exquisite 1777 engraving by French artist Isidore-Stanislas Helman, captures the elegance of late 18th-century French society as part of the series *Monument du Costume Physique et Moral de la fin du Dix-huitième siècle*. This "Monument to the Physical and Moral Costume of the End of the Eighteenth Century" likely documents the opulent fashions and social graces of pre-Revolutionary France, blending physical attire with the era's moral ideals. Helman's work reflects the Rococo spirit of refinement and harmony, just before the shift to Neoclassicism. ...