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Polichinelle et grotesques.

Title
Polichinelle et grotesques.
Author
Villain, François Le.
Publication
[Paris, 1823]

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Additional Authors
Thomas, Antoine Jean-Baptiste, 1791-1834.
Description
Lithograph; line border: 9.2 x 28.9 cm.; entire sheet: 28 x 42.2 cm.
Note
  • Plate 4 from the album Un an à Rome. A double lithograph after drawings by Antoine Jean Baptiste Thomas. Upper lithograph, Polichinelle et Grotesques, signed lower left: Thomas. Lower lithograph, entitled Loges de Théâtre, signed lower left: Thomas. At right: Lith. de Villain.
  • Upper portion of print depicts a pair of acrobats at extreme left and right. A Pulcinella, arms upraised, watches a couple dancing at center. The woman is poised on left pointe. The man is finishing a sauté in arabesque.
  • Lower portion of print (10.4 x 21.3 cm.) depicts a partial view of four boxes in a theater, ostensibly in Rome. The occupants of three boxes gaze out into various parts of the theater. The curtains of the fourth box are completely drawn.
  • Cf. Winter, Marian Hannah. The Pre-Romantic Ballet, London, 1974, p. 235. Reproduction of the Polichinelle et Grotesques portion of the print.
Call Number
*MGZFC Vil F Pol 1
OCLC
NYPY767019497-F
Author
Villain, François Le.
Title
Polichinelle et grotesques.
Imprint
[Paris, 1823]
Local Note
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Local Subject
Prints (Graphic arts) -- 19th century.
Acrobatic dancing.
Commedia dell'arte.
Theaters -- Italy.
Ballet -- Italy -- 19th century.
Added Author
Thomas, Antoine Jean-Baptiste, 1791-1834.
Research Call Number
*MGZFC Vil F Pol 1
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