{"product_id":"philippe-dorleans-chevalier-de-lorraine-schwule-grosse-liebe-hof-versailles-02","title":"Gay Art - Philippe d'Orléans \u0026 Chevalier de Lorraine – Great Gay Love at the Court of Versailles #2","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Chevalier pulls the half-undressed Philippe towards him from behind. His hands rest on the bare chest – one holding, the other caressing. His lips seek the cheek, the neck, intimacy. Philippe does not close his eyes. He looks into the room, calm, as if this were the most natural thing in the world. The love play may begin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the court of Louis XIV, it was.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Chevalier de Lorraine was not Philippe's secret. He was his life partner – known, tolerated, part of court life. What history concealed: what it looked like when they were alone. This painting shows it. But what passed as aristocratic freedom at court was a death sentence elsewhere. For men without title, without royal protection, without the luxury of decadence, the same act was a crime – pursued, punished, obliterated. Philippe and the Chevalier lived what others were not even allowed to think.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHistory in Oil\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe painter Jean-Honoré Fragonard, one of the most important representatives of the French Rococo, captured the gallant life of the court in vibrant colors. The court painter François Boucher, favorite painter of Madame de Pompadour, painted pastoral idylls and courtly pleasures. What neither of them ever painted: the men who desired each other. KUNSTWERK BILDER catches up on what art history omitted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can find the complete historical background in our blog article: \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/en-eu\/blogs\/news\/das-lockere-schwule-leben-am-hof-des-sonnenkonigs-philippe-dorleans-und-sein-chevalier\"\u003e→ Philippe d'Orléans \u0026amp; Chevalier de Lorraine\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732–1806) \u0026amp; François Boucher (1703–1770)\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFragonard and Boucher were the great masters of the French Rococo. Their works depict life at court – playful, sensual, full of lightness. Boucher painted the king's mistresses, Fragonard the pleasures of the aristocracy. What they never painted: the men who desired each other. This painting closes that gap.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eTechnical Details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCanvas print on stretcher frame, high-quality gallery standard. Delivered ready to hang.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGay Art for your home. KUNSTWERK BILDER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"KUNSTWERK BILDER","offers":[{"title":"20x20 cm","offer_id":53327244755283,"sku":null,"price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"30x30 cm","offer_id":53327244788051,"sku":null,"price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"50x50 cm","offer_id":53327244820819,"sku":null,"price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"60x60 cm","offer_id":53327244853587,"sku":null,"price":71.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0875\/7893\/5635\/files\/PR-louis-02_hauptbild.png?v=1774369558","url":"https:\/\/www.kunstwerk-bilder.shop\/en-eu\/products\/philippe-dorleans-chevalier-de-lorraine-schwule-grosse-liebe-hof-versailles-02","provider":"Kunstwerk Bilder","version":"1.0","type":"link"}