A scene from Les Precieuses Ridicules by Moliere, (1833).Artist: Jackson


A scene from Les Precieuses Ridicules by Moliere, (1833). Les precieuses were witty and educated intellectual ladies who frequented the salon of the marquise de Rambouillet. They inspired Moliere's Les Precieuses Ridicules (1659), a comedy of manners.


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