Research Catalog

Title

[Dancing couple] [graphic] / peint par Reinier Bra-kemburg ; gravé a l'eau forte et burin par M.A. Stagnon de Travelone.

Author

Stagnon, Antonio Maria, 1751-1805.

Publication

Paris : Basan et Poignant, [177-? or later]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Brakenberg, Richard, 1650-1703.
• Le Brun, Jean-Baptiste-Pierre, 1748-1813.

Description

1 print : etching, engraving, b&w; 44 x 29 cm., plate mark 25 x 20 cm.

Summary

Reproductive print. Depiction of a dancing couple and observers in seventeenth-century attire. The presence of a man holding a goblet and a seated woman holding a flask suggests that the scene is a convivial gathering.

Alternative Title

Tiré du cabinet de Monsieur le Brun, d'après le tableau original de Bra-Kemburg

Subjects

• Reproductive prints
• Ballroom dancing > 17th century
• Engravings

Genre/Form

• Engravings.
• Reproductive prints.

Note

• Title devised by cataloger.
• Captioned: Tiré du cabinet de Monsieur le Brun, d'après le tableau original de Bra-Kemburg, grand[eu]r de 8. pou[ces] 6. lig. sur 7. pou[ces] 6 lig. de large.
• Written on the verso in an unknown hand: Netherlands.

Biography (note)

• According to the British Museum, which holds a copy of this print, this image was published as part of the Galerie des peintres flamands, hollandais et allemands. Jean Baptiste Pierre Le Brun, the "Monsieur Le Brun" of this print's caption, directed the execution of the Galerie, which contained reproductions of Flemish, Dutch, and German paintings, engraved by various artists chiefly between 1777 and 1790. Originally issued in parts, the prints were published in three volumes beginning in 1792. The British Museum identifies the artist as the Dutch painter Richard Brakenburgh; alternate forms of his name appear as Brakenberg, Brakenburg, or Reiner Brakenbourg.

Call Number

*MGZFX Sta M Dan 1

OCLC

825552236

Author

Stagnon, Antonio Maria, 1751-1805. Engraver

Title

[Dancing couple] [graphic] / peint par Reinier Bra-kemburg ; gravé a l'eau forte et burin par M.A. Stagnon de Travelone.

Imprint

Paris : Basan et Poignant, [177-? or later]

Biography

According to the British Museum, which holds a copy of this print, this image was published as part of the Galerie des peintres flamands, hollandais et allemands. Jean Baptiste Pierre Le Brun, the "Monsieur Le Brun" of this print's caption, directed the execution of the Galerie, which contained reproductions of Flemish, Dutch, and German paintings, engraved by various artists chiefly between 1777 and 1790. Originally issued in parts, the prints were published in three volumes beginning in 1792. The British Museum identifies the artist as the Dutch painter Richard Brakenburgh; alternate forms of his name appear as Brakenberg, Brakenburg, or Reiner Brakenbourg.

Local Note

Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

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Added Author

Brakenberg, Richard, 1650-1703. Artist

Le Brun, Jean-Baptiste-Pierre, 1748-1813. Associated name

Research Call Number

*MGZFX Sta M Dan 1