{"product_id":"philippe-dorleans-chevalier-de-lorraine-schwule-grosse-liebe-hof-versailles-03","title":"Gay Art - Philippe d'Orléans \u0026 Chevalier de Lorraine – Great Gay Love at the Court of Versailles #3","description":"\u003cp\u003ePhilippe leans his head back – the Chevalier's hand rests on the side of his neck, below his chin, guiding him. The Chevalier leans over him, his face close, his lips moving towards his neck. The shirt is open, the body yields. No hesitation, no restraint. Wild passion. It's happening: Gay sex at the court of Versailles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the court of Louis XIV, these two men loved openly – as openly as Versailles allowed. Everyone knew. No one painted it. Until now. Their status was their protection. The King's brother could get away with many things that would have cost others their heads – literally. What jurists at the time called \"sodomy\" – the umbrella term for any sexuality outside of marriage and procreation, including sex between men – was a capital crime. What Philippe and the Chevalier lived as a natural passion was a deadly danger for men without nobility and without royal grace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHistoriography in Oil\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJean-Honoré Fragonard, one of the most important painters of the French Rococo, painted love scenes – but only between men and women. François Boucher, Madame de Pompadour's favorite painter, immortalized the sensuality of the court in oil – but never that between men. This painting shows what the great masters 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 court life – playful, sensual, full of lightness. Boucher painted the king's mistresses, Fragonard the aristocracy's pleasures. What they never painted: the men who desired each other. This painting fills 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. Size: 50 × 70 cm. Delivered ready to hang.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGay Art for your home. ARTWORK IMAGES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"KUNSTWERK BILDER","offers":[{"title":"50x70 cm","offer_id":53327427535187,"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-03_hauptbild.png?v=1774370561","url":"https:\/\/www.kunstwerk-bilder.shop\/en-eu\/products\/philippe-dorleans-chevalier-de-lorraine-schwule-grosse-liebe-hof-versailles-03","provider":"Kunstwerk Bilder","version":"1.0","type":"link"}