Research Catalog

Title

Venus jalouse [graphic].

Author

Aveline, Pierre, le vieux, 1654-1722.

Publication

[168-?]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Torelli, Giacomo, 1608-1678.
• Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division. fnd

Description

2 prints : engraving, b&w; 21 x 32 cm., on mount 24 x 35 cm.

Summary

Two set designs for the opera La Venere gelosa. One depicts the palace of the Roman god Mercury, the messenger of the gods, in Act II of the opera. 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. Another design depicts a scene from Act III, the interior of a foliage-covered pavilion in a garden. Six figures of adults, and two children, appear at center. Fountains play on either side of them, one surmounted by the statue of a man with a lyre, possibly Apollo or Orpheus, the other by a cadeuceus-wielding statue of Mercury.

Donor/Sponsor

Dance Committee Purchase Fund.

Subjects

• Sacrati, Francesco > Venere gelosa
• Engravings
• Opera > Italy > 17th century

Genre/Form

Engravings.

Note

• Title devised by cataloger.

Funding (note)

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

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.

Contents

La Décoration du Palais de Mercure du 2e Acte de l'Opera de Venus Jalouse / representé et inventé par Iaques Torelli de Fano en Italie, et grave par Aveline avec privilege du Roy -- Le Grand Cabinet des Lauriers, dans les Jardins du Roy de l'Isle de Naxos; c'est la derniere Decoration du tro[isième?] acte, et de tout l'Opera de Venus Ialouse representé a Venise / inuenté par Jacques Torellj de Fano en Italie, et gravé par Aveline, a Paris.

Call Number

*MGZFX Ave P Ven 2-3

OCLC

825122338

Author

Aveline, Pierre, le vieux, 1654-1722.

Title

Venus jalouse [graphic].

Imprint

[168-?]

Funding

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

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

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

Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

For another copy of La Décoration du Palais de Mercure, see: *MGZFX Ave J Ven 1.

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Added Author

Torelli, Giacomo, 1608-1678. Artist

Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division. Funder

Research Call Number

*MGZFX Ave P Ven 2-3