When I did go I found the Guido ridiculous, of course, in the painter's imagination of the archangel as a sort of dancing figure in a tableau Vivant, and yet of a sublime authority in the execution.
"Roman Holidays and Others"
W. D. Howells
Then, in the attitude of ready-for-action, all become motionless attentive statues-a regular tableau-Vivant.
"In the Track of the Troops"
R.M. Ballantyne
In short, the cardinal was a man of wit, and what is called a bon Vivant.
"The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons"
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt