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[Les noces de Pelée et de Thétis]

Title
[Les noces de Pelée et de Thétis] / F. Francart del. I. Torelli in. I. Silvestre F.
Author
Silvestre, Israël, 1621-1691.
Publication
[165-?]

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Still imageBy appointment only *MGZFA-17 Tor G Noc 5Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Additional Authors
  • Torelli, Giacomo, 1608-1678.
  • Francart, François, 1622-1672.
Description
1 print : etching, b&w; 23 x 30 cm.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Prints – 17th century.
Note
  • Set design for scene 8 of the opera ballet Les noces de Pelée et de Thétis. Image depicts the expansive, columned palace of Thétis. In the center foreground Chiron, the centaur, stands facing Peleus. Behind Chiron are four of his pupils dressed as Indians.
  • Etching by Silvestre, most likely after a drawing by Francart, based on original set design illustration by Torelli.
Source (note)
  • Estampes Anciennes, C. Mas
Biography (note)
  • Les noces de Pelée et de Thétis (libretto by Francesco Buti, text to the ballet by Isaac de Benserade, music by Carlo Caprioli) was performed at the Petit Bourbon Palace, April 14, 1654. Louis XIV appeared in the role of Apollo.
Publications (note)
  • Reproduced and discussed in Movement & metaphor; four centuries of ballet / Lincoln Kirstein. New York: Praeger, 1970, p. 81.
Call Number
*MGZFA-17 Tor G Noc 5
OCLC
181159012
Author
Silvestre, Israël, 1621-1691.
Title
[Les noces de Pelée et de Thétis] / F. Francart del. I. Torelli in. I. Silvestre F.
Imprint
[165-?]
Biography
Les noces de Pelée et de Thétis (libretto by Francesco Buti, text to the ballet by Isaac de Benserade, music by Carlo Caprioli) was performed at the Petit Bourbon Palace, April 14, 1654. Louis XIV appeared in the role of Apollo.
Publications
Reproduced and discussed in Movement & metaphor; four centuries of ballet / Lincoln Kirstein. New York: Praeger, 1970, p. 81.
Source
Purchased: Estampes Anciennes, C. Mas, 48 rue La Fayette, 75009 Paris.
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Local Subject
Opera ballet. Le nozze di Peleo e di Teti.
Set designs -- 17th century.
Added Author
Torelli, Giacomo, 1608-1678.
Francart, François, 1622-1672.
Research Call Number
*MGZFA-17 Tor G Noc 5
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