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[Jean Etienne Despréaux]
- Title
- [Jean Etienne Despréaux] [graphic] / découpé par J.E. Despréaux ; gravé par Trière.
- Author
- Trière, Philippe, 1756-approximately 1815.
- Publication
- [Paris : chez l'auteur, 1806]
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- Additional Authors
- Despréaux, Jean Étienne, 1748-1820.
- Description
- 1 print : engraving, b&w; 20 x 12 cm.
- Summary
- Engraving of a paper-cut silhouette, in profile facing right, of Jean Etienne Despréaux. It is enclosed in an oval "locket" with a ring at the top, which is held by a silhouetted putto carrying a jester's head on a stick. The caption "Chantez, dansez, amusez-vous" appears below the image.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Silhouettes.
- Engravings.
- Note
- Title devised by cataloger.
- Biography (note)
- Frontispiece to Despréaux's book Mes passe-temps: chansons, suivies de l'Art de la danse, poëme en quatre chants, calqué sur l'Art poétique de Boileau Despréaux, published in 1806. Self-portrait made in later life by Despréaux, whose multi-faceted career included the professions of dancer at the Paris Opéra, composer, teacher, ballet master, playwright, and author.
- Call Number
- *MGZFB Des J P 1
- OCLC
- 783527491
- Author
- Trière, Philippe, 1756-approximately 1815. Engraver
- Title
- [Jean Etienne Despréaux] [graphic] / découpé par J.E. Despréaux ; gravé par Trière.
- Imprint
- [Paris : chez l'auteur, 1806]
- Biography
- Frontispiece to Despréaux's book Mes passe-temps: chansons, suivies de l'Art de la danse, poëme en quatre chants, calqué sur l'Art poétique de Boileau Despréaux, published in 1806. Self-portrait made in later life by Despréaux, whose multi-faceted career included the professions of dancer at the Paris Opéra, composer, teacher, ballet master, playwright, and author.
- Local Note
- Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.This frontispiece appears in the Dance Division's copy of Mes passe-temps without the caption "Chantez, dansez, amusez-vous." See: *MGRZ-Res. Despréaux, Jean Étienne, 1748-1820. Mes passe-temps: chansons, suivies de l'Art de la danse, poëme en quatre chants, calqué sur l'Art poétique de Boileau Despréaux.
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- Added Author
- Despréaux, Jean Étienne, 1748-1820. Artist
- Research Call Number
- *MGZFB Des J P 1