See also:

• JEAN

JEAN See also:

• SIMEON
• SIMEON (or SYMEON) OF DURHAM (d. after 1129)
• SIMEON, JOSEPH JEROME, COMTE (1749–1842)

SIMEON See also:

• ROUSSEAU, JACQUES (1633-1693)
• ROUSSEAU, JEAN BAPTISTE (1671-1741)
• ROUSSEAU, JEAN JACQUES (1712-1778)
• ROUSSEAU, PIERRE ETIENNE THEODORE (1812–1867); French painter of the Barbizon school, was born in Paris on the 15th of April 1812, of a bourgeois family which included one or two artists. At first he received a business training, but soon displayed aptitu

ROUSSEAU DE LA ROTTIERE (b. 1747)  , See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French decorative painter, was the youngest son of Jules See also:

• ANTOINE, ANDRE (1858- )

Antoine See also:

• ROUSSEAU, JACQUES (1633-1693)
• ROUSSEAU, JEAN BAPTISTE (1671-1741)
• ROUSSEAU, JEAN JACQUES (1712-1778)
• ROUSSEAU, PIERRE ETIENNE THEODORE (1812–1867); French painter of the Barbizon school, was born in Paris on the 15th of April 1812, of a bourgeois family which included one or two artists. At first he received a business training, but soon displayed aptitu

Rousseau, "sculpteur du Roi." The territorial addition to his patronymic has never been explained, but it is known to have been in use when he was little more than a boy . He studied at the See also:

• ACADEMIC

Academic Royale, where we find him in See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1768 winning the See also:

• MEDAL (Fr. medaille, from Lat. metallum)

medal given to the best painter of the See also:

• QUARTER (through Fr. from Lat. quartarius, fourth part)

quarter . He appears with his See also:

• BROTHER

brother Jules See also:

• HUGUES, CLOVIS (1851-1907)

Hugues to have been employed from an See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early date by his See also:

• FATHER

father for the decorative See also:

• WORK

work executed by the See also:

• FAMILY

family at See also:

• VERSAILLES

Versailles . There has been some controversy among the authorities as to the respective shares of father and son in these See also:

• WORKS

works, but many of the attributions are fairly determined by See also:

• DATES

dates, Jules Antoine Rousseau having been at work at Versailles for years before the See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth of his famous son . The " Bains du Roi," the " See also:

• SALON

Salon de la Meridienne," See also:

• PART

part of the bedchamber of Madame See also:

• ADELAIDE
• ADELAIDE (Ger. Adelheid) (931-999)

Adelaide, and the "Garde-robe of See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis XVI." were among the achievements which there can be little doubt were shared in by Rousseau de la Rottiere . His most individual and most famous undertaking was, however, the decoration of the lovely " Boudoir de Madame de Sevilly," now at the See also:

• VICTORIA
• VICTORIA (or VITTORIA), TOMMASSO LUDOVICO DA (C. I540-C. 1613)
• VICTORIA [ALEXANDRINA VICTORIA]

Victoria and See also:

• ALBERT
• ALBERT (1490'1545)
• ALBERT (149o-1568)
• ALBERT (1522–1557)
• ALBERT (FRANCIS CHARLES AUGUSTUS ALBERT EMMANUEL) (1819—1861)
• ALBERT (FRIEDRICH RUDOLF ALBRECHT)
• ALBERT, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS
• ALBERT, MADAME (c. 2805—2846)

Albert Museum . This little See also:

• ROOM

room, 14 ft. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long, ,oa ft. wide and 16 ft. high, was removed from the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house in the See also:

• RUE (Fr. rue, Lat. ruta, from Gr. pur)

Rue de See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

Saint Louis, in the Marais . The Seigneur de Sevilly, who was hereditary " Tresorier• See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general de 1'Extraordinaire See also:

• DES

des guerres " under Louis XVI., married his See also:

• COUSIN (Fr. cousin, Ital. cugino, Late Lat. cosinus, perhaps a popular and familiar abbreviation of consobrinus, which has the same sense in classical Latin)
• COUSIN, JEAN (1500-1590)
• COUSIN, VICTOR (1792–1867)

cousin See also:

• ANNE (1665-1714)
• ANNE (1693-1740)

Anne See also:

• MARIE

Marie See also:

• LOUISE [AUGUSTE WILHELMINE AMALIE LUISE] (1776-1810)

Louise de Pange, a favourite maid-of-See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of Marie Antoinette, and the See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story runs that his wife and the See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen, desiring to give him a surprise, had the room decorated during his See also:

• ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence from See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris . It was See also:

• PURCHASED

purchased for the museum for 6o,000 francs in 1869 . The See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall paintings of this sumptuous room came from the See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand of Rousseau de la Rottiere; the See also:

• OVERDOOR

overdoor and part of the See also:

• CEILING (from a verb " to ceil," i.e. to line or cover; of disputed etymology, but apparently connected with Fr. ciel, Lat. caelum, sky)

ceiling were executed by See also:

• LAGRENEE, LOUIS JEAN FRANCOIS (1724-1805)

Lagrenee le jeune; the architect was Ledoux; the See also:

• GREY, CHARLES GREY, 2ND EARL (1764-1845)
• GREY, HENRY GREY, 3RD EARL (1802-1894)
• GREY, LADY JANE (1537-1554)
• GREY, SIR EDWARD
• GREY, SIR GEORGE (1812–1898)

grey See also:

• MARBLE (from Lat. marmor, Gr. pApµapos, shining stone)

marble figures of aged men on either See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire-See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place were sculptured by Clodion; the mounts of the See also:

• CHIMNEY (through the Fr. cheminee, from caminata, sc. camera, a Lat. derivative of caminus, an oven or furnace)

chimney-piece are apparently from the See also:

• CHISEL (from the O. Fr. cisel, modern ciseau, Late Lat. cisellum, a cutting tool, from caedere, to cut)

chisel of Gouthiere . The date of the room is assigned to 1781–82, and See also:

• JEAN

Jean See also:

• SIMEON
• SIMEON (or SYMEON) OF DURHAM (d. after 1129)
• SIMEON, JOSEPH JEROME, COMTE (1749–1842)

Simeon's authorship of much of its decoration is rendered certain by his own still existing See also:

• SKETCH (directly adapted from Dutch schets, which was taken from Ital. schizzo, a rough draft, Lat. schedium, something hastily made, Gr. oxE&os, sudden, off-hand, axeb6v, near by; Ger. Skizze and Fr. esquisse are from the same source)

sketch . The decoration is Pompeian in feeling, and in the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main its See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste is admirable; the See also:

• EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution is of the highest excellence .

The tall narrow panels are painted in medallions with amorini; festoons and bouquets of See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers fill every available space; the shutters are painted with doves and shepherdesses . Lagrenee's pictures in the upper' lunettes represent the elements; upon the ceiling is See also:

• JUPITER

Jupiter en-throned within a deep See also:

• BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

blue border . The perfection of detail, the unity of the whole See also:

• COMPOSITION
• COMPOSITION (Lat. compositio, from componere, to put together)

composition, the dexterity with which so small a chamber, lofty out of proportion to its length and width, has been picked out with recessed See also:

• ARCHES, COURT OF

arches, the tenderness of its See also:

• SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)

scheme of See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour, combine to produce an exquisite effect . It is a See also:

• MELANCHOLY (Gr. µe)tayXotia, from µEtas, black, and Xotii, bile)

melancholy reflection that M. de Sevilly, whom his wife and Marie Antoinette combined to surprise with this chefd'ceuvre, was guillotined, and that his wife, whose sitting-room it was, was condemned to See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

die with him and with Madame Elisabeth de See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, whom they had befriended, but was saved, against her will, by the princess, who made a false See also:

• DECLARATION (from Lat. declarare, to make fully clear, clams)

declaration as to her See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition . She had two subsequent husbands, and lost them both in little more than two years . She herself lived less than five years after her delivery by the fall of See also:

• ROBESPIERRE, MAXIMILIEN FRANCOIS MARIE ISIDORE DE (175$-1794)

Robespierre . There is no See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information as to Rousseau's later See also:

• LIFE

life . The last known mention of him is in 1792 .