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[Collation servie au cours d'un bal donné à Versailles en 1683]

Title
[Collation servie au cours d'un bal donné à Versailles en 1683] [graphic] / J. Berain delin., J. le Pautre s.
Author
Lepautre, Jacques, approximately 1653-1684.
Publication
[Paris], [16--?]

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Still imageUse in library *MGZFD Lep J Col 1Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Additional Authors
Bérain, Jean, 1640-1711.
Description
1 print : engraving, b&w; 12 x 19 cm., affixed to sheet 20 x 32 cm.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Prints – 17th century.
Note
  • Engraving by Jacques Lepautre after a drawing by Jean Bérain, depicts a large banquet hall with high ceilings, ornately decorated walls, and a vast tiled floor in the center of the room. Seven servers process across the floor, bearing platters piled high with food. Lavishly dressed ball-goers sit in tiered seats on both sides of the room; others stand in 2 rows in the back of the room.
Biography (note)
  • According to Cyril W. Beaumont's Five centuries of ballet design, scene depicts a court ballet danced before Louis XIV and the Princesse de Conti in 1683.
Publications (note)
  • Image reproduced in: Berain, dessinateur du Roi Soleil, by Jérôme de La Gorce (Paris: Herscher, 1986) p. 106.
  • Image reproduced in: Five centuries of ballet design, by Cyril W. Beaumont (London: The Studio Ltd.) p. 46.
Call Number
*MGZFD Lep J Col 1
OCLC
231633435
Author
Lepautre, Jacques, approximately 1653-1684.
Title
[Collation servie au cours d'un bal donné à Versailles en 1683] [graphic] / J. Berain delin., J. le Pautre s.
Imprint
[Paris], [16--?]
Biography
According to Cyril W. Beaumont's Five centuries of ballet design, scene depicts a court ballet danced before Louis XIV and the Princesse de Conti in 1683.
Publications
Image reproduced in: Berain, dessinateur du Roi Soleil, by Jérôme de La Gorce (Paris: Herscher, 1986) p. 106.
Image reproduced in: Five centuries of ballet design, by Cyril W. Beaumont (London: The Studio Ltd.) p. 46.
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Local Subject
Balls, Costume.
Added Author
Bérain, Jean, 1640-1711.
Cournand, Gilberte. Former owner
Research Call Number
*MGZFD Lep J Col 1
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