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La décoration du palais de Mercure du 2e acte de l'opera de Venus jalouse

Title
La décoration du palais de Mercure du 2e acte de l'opera de Venus jalouse [graphic] / representé et inventé par Iaques Torelli de Fano en Italie et gravé par Aveline avec privilege du Roy.
Author
Aveline, Pierre, le vieux, 1654-1722.
Publication
[168-?]

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Still imageSupervised use *MGZFX Ave P Ven 1Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Additional Authors
Torelli, Giacomo, 1608-1678.
Description
1 print : engraving, b&w; 23 x 33 cm., on mount 33 x 50 cm.
Summary
Set design for the opera La Venere gelosa. It depicts the palace of the Roman god Mercury, the messenger of the gods. Its pillars and statuary recede towards an arch flanked by statues in niches. The god himself, recognizable by his winged helmet and feet, and the caduceus (a staff entwined with two serpents) he carries, hovers aloft before a funneling cloud. Five male figures wearing plumed headdresses stand in the foreground.
Alternative Title
Venus jalouse.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Engravings.
Note
  • Caption title.
Source (note)
  • Hubert Goldschmidt
Biography (note)
  • La Venere gelosa, also called Venus jalouse or Jealous Venus (music, Francesco Sacrati; libretto, Niccolo Enea Bartolini) was first presented in Venice in 1643. Its plot derives from a little-known ancient myth in which the goddess Venus, who is about to be married to Bacchus, grows jealous of a mortal woman he fancies, and banishes her to the underworld. Its stage designs were created by Giacomo Torelli, whose technical innovations earned him fame as the great magician of the stage.
  • Pierre Aveline, a printmaker, publisher, and print vendor, engraved views of Paris and other cities. In 1685 he obtained a royal license that allowed him to publish his images of royal buildings, among them Versailles.
Call Number
*MGZFX Ave P Ven 1
OCLC
825067568
Author
Aveline, Pierre, le vieux, 1654-1722.
Title
La décoration du palais de Mercure du 2e acte de l'opera de Venus jalouse [graphic] / representé et inventé par Iaques Torelli de Fano en Italie et gravé par Aveline avec privilege du Roy.
Imprint
[168-?]
Biography
La Venere gelosa, also called Venus jalouse or Jealous Venus (music, Francesco Sacrati; libretto, Niccolo Enea Bartolini) was first presented in Venice in 1643. Its plot derives from a little-known ancient myth in which the goddess Venus, who is about to be married to Bacchus, grows jealous of a mortal woman he fancies, and banishes her to the underworld. Its stage designs were created by Giacomo Torelli, whose technical innovations earned him fame as the great magician of the stage.
Pierre Aveline, a printmaker, publisher, and print vendor, engraved views of Paris and other cities. In 1685 he obtained a royal license that allowed him to publish his images of royal buildings, among them Versailles.
Local Note
Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
Source
Gift; Hubert Goldschmidt, 2005.
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Added Author
Torelli, Giacomo, 1608-1678. Artist
Goldschmidt, Hubert, 1942- donor
Added Title
Venus jalouse.
Research Call Number
*MGZFX Ave P Ven 1
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