Research Catalog

Title

Das Geburtstagsfest des Duc de Roquelaure [graphic].

Author

Stürmer, Johann Heinrich, 1774-1855.

Publication

[1822?]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Schadow, Johann Gottfried, 1764-1850.
• Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division. fnd

Description

• 1 print : etching, b&w; 38 x 47 cm., plate mark 28 x 34 cm.
• 1 print : etching, hand-colored ;

Summary

Uncolored and colored versions of an etching by Johann Heinrich Stürmer after a drawing by Johann Gottfried Schadow.

Donor/Sponsor

Dance Committee Purchase Fund.

Subjects

• Dance > Germany > Berlin > 19th century
• Berlinischer Künstler-Verein
• Etchings
• Commedia dell'arte

Genre/Form

Etchings.

Note

• The colored print lacks captions and publication data.

Funding (note)

• Colored etching purchased with funds from the Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

Biography (note)

• Accompanying information from the dealer Paul McCarron identifies this scene as a birthday celebration held in the Raphael Room at the Berlinischer Künstler-Verein on Jan. 19, 1822. The celebration took the form of a tableau vivant that poked fun at the low artistic standards of the court of Louis XIV. The seated man in the foreground is identified as seventeen-year-old Louis Schneider, playing a Savoyard, who spoke verses in a mixture of German and French, composed by Schadow as a commentary on the scene. The Duke and Duchess de Roquelaure stand at foreground center; on either side of them are courtiers, military men, and a man costumed as Arlecchino or Harlequin. At the top of the steps the couple's daughter, costumed as a shepherdess, dances a duet with a French dancing master; at right the couple's son, dressed as a shepherd complete with crook, dances beside a violinist. At left is a trio of commedia dell'arte characters: Scaramuccia [Scaramouche], Pierrot, and Pantalone.

Call Number

*MGZFY Stu J Geb 1-2

OCLC

825067453

Author

Stürmer, Johann Heinrich, 1774-1855. Etcher

Title

Das Geburtstagsfest des Duc de Roquelaure [graphic].

Imprint

[1822?]

Funding

Colored etching purchased with funds from the Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

Biography

Accompanying information from the dealer Paul McCarron identifies this scene as a birthday celebration held in the Raphael Room at the Berlinischer Künstler-Verein on Jan. 19, 1822. The celebration took the form of a tableau vivant that poked fun at the low artistic standards of the court of Louis XIV. The seated man in the foreground is identified as seventeen-year-old Louis Schneider, playing a Savoyard, who spoke verses in a mixture of German and French, composed by Schadow as a commentary on the scene. The Duke and Duchess de Roquelaure stand at foreground center; on either side of them are courtiers, military men, and a man costumed as Arlecchino or Harlequin. At the top of the steps the couple's daughter, costumed as a shepherdess, dances a duet with a French dancing master; at right the couple's son, dressed as a shepherd complete with crook, dances beside a violinist. At left is a trio of commedia dell'arte characters: Scaramuccia [Scaramouche], Pierrot, and Pantalone.

Local Note

Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

Added Author

Schadow, Johann Gottfried, 1764-1850. Artist

Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division. Funder

Research Call Number

*MGZFY Stu J Geb 1-2