reading of Voltaire's tragedy l'orphelin de la Chine in the salon of Madame Geoffrin Among the guests Choiseul Bernard Le Bouyer de Fontenelle...
{"Image ImageDescription": "The salon of Madame Geoffrin : reading of Voltaire's tragedy \"l'orphelin de la Chine\" in the salon of Madame Geoffrin. Among the guests : Choiseul, Bernard Le Bouyer de Fontenelle, Montesquieu, Diderot, D'Alembert, Turgot and Marmontel while the actor Lekain is reading the play. Painting by Anicet Charles Gabriel Lemonnier (1743-1824), 1812. 1,29 x 1,96. Castles Museum of Malmaison and Bois-Preau (Photo by Leemage/Corbis via Getty Images)"}