A man curled up in a chair looks toward another man who approaches him from the left in an interior setting, a woman and a man stand nearby with their hands raised, from a series of five illustrations after Jacques Philippe Joseph de Saint-Quentin for 'The mad day, or the marriage of Figaro' (La Folle journée, ou le mariage de Figaro) by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais

A man leans toward a woman standing in a doorway at right, at left a seated woman raises both hands, a canopied bed beyond, from a series of five illustrations after Jacques Philippe Joseph de Saint-Quentin for 'The mad day, or the marriage of Figaro' (La Folle journée, ou le mariage de Figaro) by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais

After Jacques Philippe Joseph de Saint Quentin, Claude Nicolas Malapeau

Lafontaine Tales, Amsterdam

Joseph de Longueil

Dancing couples surround four standing women in a barrel-vaulted hall, from a series of five illustrations after Jacques Philippe Joseph de Saint-Quentin for 'The mad day, or the marriage of Figaro' (La Folle journée, ou le mariage de Figaro) by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais

After Jacques Philippe Joseph de Saint Quentin, Claude Nicolas Malapeau

Plate 27: Doña Rodriguez, who is speaking at night with Don Quixote, is surprised by the ladies of the Duchess (La Dame Rodrigue, s'entretenant de nuit avec Don Quichotte, est suprise par les Demoiselles de las Duchesse)

Bernard Picart, After Charles Antoine Coypel

Frontispiece to Moliere's "L'Avare" (The Miser)

John Vandergucht, After William Hogarth, Related author Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Molière

Illustration for "Philosophie de la nature"

François Denis Née, After Clément Pierre Marillier

Plate 17: Don Quixote is served by the ladies of the Duchess (Don Quichotte est servi par les Demoiselles de la Duchesse)

Bernard Picart, After Charles Antoine Coypel

Accursio, from Scelta d'Alcuni Miracoli e Grazie della Santissima Nunziata di Firenze (Selection of Some Miracles and Graces that Occurred in the Church of the Annunziata in Florence)

Jacques Callot

The servant Mascarille, dressed as a marquis

Jean Marie Leroux, After Alexandre Joseph Desenne

A young boy holds a torch under trees in a garden, at center a man raises both arms, surrounded by male and female figures, from a series of five illustrations after Jacques Philippe Joseph de Saint-Quentin for 'The mad day, or the marriage of Figaro' (La Folle journée, ou le mariage de Figaro) by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais

After Jacques Philippe Joseph de Saint Quentin, Claude Nicolas Malapeau

Frontispiece to Moliere's "Sganarelle, ou le Cocu Imaginaire" (The Imaginary Cuckold)

John Vandergucht, After William Hogarth, Related author Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Molière

Le danger du tête-à-tête

After Pierre Antoine Baudouin, Jean-Baptiste-Blaise Simonet