Fleur-de-lys: Variation 7

Matisse, Henri

151673 Matisse, Henri Fleur-de-lys: Variation 7 from Charles D'Orleans Poemes Portfolio 1950 D.BK.28 16'' x 10 1/4'' Lithograph in color on Arches paper. From the Charles D'Orleans Poemes Portfolio. Edited by Teriade in 1950, it included 54 lithographic sheets with text on the back. From the total edition of 1200. Charles D'Orleans was born in 1391(?) and died in 1465. A French nobleman and poet, his uncle was Charles the 6th and his son was Louis the 12th. He was captured at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, one of the many campaigns during the Hundred Years War where English bowman under Henry V defeated the French forces under Charles D'Albert. He spent twenty five years in captivity, spending most of his life in an English prison “or under house arrest”. He lived during the time of Joan of Arc and Chaucer, and the Battle of Agincourt is immortalized in Shakespeare's play Henry V. Matisse, with this suite, paid homage to the man who redefined "elegiac" or mournful, melancholy poetry (Ovid, the Roman poet did it 1400 years before). His poems are marked by his taste for personal reflection and introspection. He composed short poems, ballads and rondeaux. It is the rondeau of 12 or 15 verses that he is known for -- very close by the shape and the subject to the sonnet which will triumph in the following century, by William Shakespeare. The Fleur-de-Lys itself is the lily that was the National crest or Coat of Arms of France. Legend has it that Charles D'Orleans was the first to give a Valentine's card.

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151673

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16" x 10 1/4"

Year

1950

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LITHOGRAPH

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