Research Catalog

Title

Thetis. Dans des fragmens d'operas [graphic] / B. Martin inv. ; Gaillard sculp.

Author

Gaillard, René, 1722-1790.

Publication

Paris : Esnauts et Rapilly, [176-? or later]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Martin, Jean-Baptiste, active 18th century.
• Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division. fnd

Description

1 print : engraving, hand-colored; 38 x 28 cm., plate mark 28 x 20 cm.

Summary

Costume design for Thetis, variously described in ancient Greek mythology as a sea nymph or goddess, and one of fifty Nereids. She is perhaps best known as the mother of Achilles, the hero of Homer's Iliad. Her costume in this print is replete with marine details, including fishes' scales, scallop shells, pearls, and the suggestion of seaweed in her headdress. The object she holds in her right hand appears to be a mirror, perhaps a reference to her ability to change her shape, which she employed in vain when captured by Peleus, who became the father of Achilles.

Donor/Sponsor

Dance Committee Purchase Fund.

Subjects

• Costume design drawings
• Ballet > France > 18th century
• Thetis (Greek mythology)

Genre/Form

Costume design drawings.

Note

• At upper left: aa
• At upper right: 146

Funding (note)

• Purchased with funds from the Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

Biography (note)

• Probably published as part of Martin's Collection de figures theatrales, 1763.
• Jean-Baptiste Martin, fl. 1748-1757, was appointed designer at the Paris Opéra in 1748. Examples of his designs were published in his Collection de figures théâtrales, 1763, and the Galerie des modes et costumes français, dessinés d'après nature, [1779]-1781.

Call Number

*MGZFA-18 Mar J The 1

OCLC

772633387

Author

Gaillard, René, 1722-1790. Engraver

Title

Thetis. Dans des fragmens d'operas [graphic] / B. Martin inv. ; Gaillard sculp.

Imprint

Paris : Esnauts et Rapilly, [176-? or later]

Biography

Probably published as part of Martin's Collection de figures theatrales, 1763.

Jean-Baptiste Martin, fl. 1748-1757, was appointed designer at the Paris Opéra in 1748. Examples of his designs were published in his Collection de figures théâtrales, 1763, and the Galerie des modes et costumes français, dessinés d'après nature, [1779]-1781.

Local Note

Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

Funding

Purchased with funds from the Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

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Added Author

Martin, Jean-Baptiste, active 18th century. Artist

Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division. Funder

Research Call Number

*MGZFA-18 Mar J The 1