JEAN RAMPONAUX.

Date1740-1755

Publisher Parvillee

MediumLine engraving

DimensionsOH: 9 3/4" X OW: 14 1/2"; Plate H: 8 3/4" x W: 13 7/8"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1956-285

DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "Au sein de la paix, gouter le plaisir/ Ches soi s'amuser dans un doux loisir/ Ou bien chez Magny s'aller divertir/ C'etoit la vieille methode./ L'on voit aujour d'hui courir nos Badaux;/ Sans les achever quitter leurs travaux;/ Pourquoy? c'est quils vont ches Mons Ramponaux/ Voila la Taverne a la mode./ A Paris rue S.te Hyacinthe dans la maison de M. Parvillee M.e Ecrivain/ Avec Permission de M. le Lieutenant General de Police."
Label TextJean Ramponaux's tavern was one of the most famous gathering places of Parisians in the mid-eighteenth century. This print shows the interior of one of the rooms. It is very large, with tables crowded with people at one end and a fireplace for cooking at the other. In front of the fireplace is the serving bar. The walls of this area are covered with all manner of kitchen utensils. There is also a bar with glasses and pitchers. The walls of the table-end are filled with many drawings. Underneath the print is a small circle with a portrait of Ramponaux.