#La fiancée hésitante

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Auguste Toulmouche

La Fiancée Hésitante (The Hesitant Fiancée)

Date: 1866

Style: Academicism

Genre: genre painting

Media: oil, canvas

Location: Private Collection

Dimensions: 65 x 54 cm

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Atsuya when Nae :

For me that's Atsuya with his baby bunny lover in the future

They have that Misa x Light vibe in them (if they were a real couple**)

I avoid straight ships because they tend to be extremely boring... but i would like to see a cute romance between these troublemakers 🐰🦊

[arc-angel-o]

I love interacting with Kaz Kaan icons, the warriors bond between a Arcangelo pfp and a Kaz pfp 💕💜

[keirahknightley]

PERIOD DRAMA APPRECIATION 2024

Day 5 - Favorite Aesthetic: Just like a painting

Il gattopardo 1963 (The Leopard) + Art:

Auguste Toulmouche - The Reluctant Bride (La Fiancée hésitante)

Hermann David Salomon Corrodi - Queen Victoria on the Terrace of Villa Palmieri

Mihaly Zichy - Ball in the Concert Hall of the Winter Palace during the Official Visit of Nasir al-Din Shah in May

Constant Cap - Le Jour des Innocents à Anvers

Franz Xaver Winterhalter - Empress Eugenie Surrounded by her Ladies in Waiting

Carl Spitzweg - Sunday Stroll

Claude Monet - Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe

Giovanni Fattori - Garibaldi a Palermo

Franz Xaver Winterhalter - Empress Elisabeth of Austria in Dancing Dress

[mathildearts]

Duarte Sisters and Oak

Inspired by the painting "La fiancée Hésitante" by Auguste Toulmouche

[annemarart]

the reluctant bride

context  ⋆.˚ ᡣ𐭩 .𖥔˚

the reluctant bride (la fiancée hésitante - also translated to “the hesitant fiancée” or “the hesitant betrothed”) is an oil painting made by auguste toulmouche in 1866. it is now held in a private collection. 

toulmouche usually had paintings that contained one or two girls but this one contained four girls of different ages which adds complexity to the scene. the bride wears a white wedding dress, a colour popularised by queen victoria, and stands in the middle. the two girls on the each side of the bride appear to be consoling her - it’s uncertain whether they are just friends or sisters.

this wedding was clearly not the bride’s choice as she appears to be upper middle class so she couldn’t marry out of the love in her heart, perhaps not even consulted about the marriage.

painting details ⋆.˚ ᡣ𐭩 .𖥔˚

༉‧₊˚. the fourth girl wearing a pink dress in the background adds a touch of innocence into the painting as she appears to be oblivious to the bride’s hesitance and is instead admiring her flower crown and possibly fantasising about her future marriage, unaware of social expectations and just aware of the love that surrounds marriage

༉‧₊˚. the room, possibly the bride’s, is decorated in a normal style of 19th century housing. it is beautiful, personal and contrasts well with the bride’s bright white dress

༉‧₊˚. the bride holds a direct gaze with the viewer, her annoyance clear, and she shows no reaction to the comfort of the two girls next to her

critic reviews ⋆.˚ ᡣ𐭩 .𖥔˚

“it is one of those small interior scenes that the artist excels at painting. they are always the same young women or girls, […] this time, it is this charming blonde that you know; dressed in her bridal gown, she is sitting, surrounded by her friends that console her, […] this delicate composition will not wait long to be, like its predecessors, popularized in engravings and photography.”

༉‧₊˚. lucien dubois ᡣ𐭩 chronique – nos artistes au salon de 1866, le cadre

“submerged in a melancholic daydream, she [the bride] reveals regret for the past and a vague worry about the future. while she abandons her thoughts to a thousand concerns whose exact meaning escapes her, two of her friends try to detach her from her dark ideas.”

༉‧₊˚. félix jahyer ᡣ𐭩 salon de 1866: deuxième étude sur les beaux-arts, bnf gallica

[this-acuteneurosis]

So as an author I’ve always enjoyed when a reader mentions a song or art piece that reminds them of my writing. I wanted to say this painting gives me makes me think of your Leia, Padme, and the handmaidens.

Being the nerd I am, I had to look up what this painting was, and found myself giggling, since this is apparently La Fiancée hésitante ("The Reluctant Bride" or "The Hesitant Fiancée"), by Auguste Toulmouche.

I do love the aggression of the central figure, and the affection of her companions. The opulence is also good. I like the vibes, and yeah, I can see how it's reminiscent of the DLB dynamic. Very cool.

[classicdavinci]

The Reluctant Bride (French: La Fiancée Hésitante, sometimes translated as "The Hesitant Fiancée" or "The Hesitant Betrothed") is an 1866 oil painting by Auguste Toulmouche.

On May 23rd, 1866, Toulmouche’s bride was featured on the cover of L’Univers Illustrée. The original title in French was Le Mariage de Raison (The Marriage of Convenience). Clearly, this wedding was not the bride’s choice. As an upper-middle-class woman, she could not guide her decisions with her heart. Her future depended on relationships that benefited her family’s social status. Most likely, her parents arranged it without even consulting her, hence her annoyance and anger.

[deaddovehasbeeneaten]

Carlotta Mayfair, the lives of the mayfair witches (Anne Rice)

|Lasher by Anne Rice | Laura Marling – Hope in the Air | Bouguereau, Innocence | Analysis by Nancy Lee | Dacia Maraini, tr. by Tim Vode, from Dreams of Clytemnestra |  Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath | Succession (TV series) | Macbeth | Genesis | La Fiancée Hésitante by  Auguste Toulmouch |

[harrenhals]

more maelysposting. the morning of her wedding, inspired by la fiancée hésitante by auguste toulmouche. maelys belongs to @dwellordream

[will2150]

Our flag means death as "La Fiancée Hésitante"

Because Ed would look so good in a dress !

[eyes-of-the-moon]

A ‘Toulmoche, Auguste. La Fiancée Hésitante. 1866.’ study

[queer-frenchmermaid]

Paintings of 19th century French women on their wedding day is my new favourite representation of female rage:

Rédemption (Redemption), Julius Leblanc Stewart, 1895

La fiancée hésitante (the Undecided Bride), Auguste Toulmouche, 1866

[jack-xoxo]

“Are you really let those people go out there again? Give them a second chance to r*, kill, slaughter again?! Is that what you want red??” Not thats not what I am trying to say!

“Matt you’re my best friend, I can’t let you do this” The city needs me foggy, it needs daredevil “but I don’t”

The picture I used for reference is called The Reluctant Bride (La Fiancée Hésitante) and I found a few things relating the painting to Daredevil in the show. Like how the bride is hesitant to marry a man she doesn’t love all that much, like Matt is hesitant of killing and seeing people having some sort of redemption or forgiveness.

I wanted to add electra but she served the same role as frank, frank’s role is the “urge” (is the best way I can put it) to kill to completely get rid of the evil in NY but cant bc of his friend, foggy serves the role as to stop the daredevil facade and just be a friend who doesn’t come home all bruised or missing for days.

[vir7ues]

merry christmas to those who celebrate ⭐️

felice casorati - bambina che gioca sul tappeto (1912) / auguste toulmouche - la fiancée hésitante (1866)