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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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- 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.
- Connect to:
- 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