Caresme, Jaques Philippe

(2/25/1734 Paris-3/1/1796 Paris) (France)

   Painter, copper engraver, illustrator, miniature painter, and gouache painter. Son of an artist, studied with his cousin C.-A. Coypel and at the Academie Royale. He produced a number of erotic works, often with an orgy theme.

   Reproductions: [Bacchantes in orgy]; Lorenzoni, 1984b: pp. 30-31 ; Hill, 1992: p. 123 [C]. [Couple copulating in female superior position]; engraving; Hill, 1992: p. 114 . [Naked man with 3 naked women]; late 18th century; Neret, 2000: p. 95 [C]. [Naked orgy]; watercolor; Klinger, 1984a: plate II [C]. Orgie der Bachanten; watercolor; Klinger, 1982b: plate XI [C] / Klinger, 1986: plate XI [C]. [Orgy scene]; watercolor; Klinger, 1984a: plate II [C].

   [b]Source: Benezit, vol. 3: pp. 383-384; DoA vol. 5: p. 740; ThB V 1911: p. 592.