Le Festin de Pierre
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Image: 4 7/16 × 3 1/4 in. (11.2 × 8.2 cm) Sheet: 5 15/16 × 4 1/2 in. (15.1 × 11.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1933
Accession Number
33.104.2449
Art Historical Context
**Le Festin de Pierre created between 1824 and 1826 by French artists Jean-Denis Nargeot Alexandre Joseph Desenne, a dramatic moment from the legendary tale of *Don Juan*. The title, translating to "The Stone Feast," evokes the climactic supper scene from Molière's 1665 play *Dom Juan, Le Festin de pierre*, where the libertine nobleman dines with the stone statue of a man he has wronged—a story later immortalized in Mozart's opera *Don Giovanni*. This intimate print reflects the Romantic era's fascination with moral tales, supernatural retribution, and human folly, popular in French theater an...