Research Catalog

Title

Decoration de la salle de spectacle [graphic] / C.N. Cochin filius delin. et sculp.

Author

Cochin, Charles Nicolas, 1715-1790.

Publication

[1745? or later]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Louis, Dauphin of France, 1729-1765.
• María Teresa, Infanta of Spain, 1726-1746.

Description

1 print : etching, engraving, b&w; 74 x 53 cm.

Summary

View of a theatre interior, with a performance in progress. An orchestra plays in a pit in front of the stage; a large audience is in attendance.

Subjects

• Etchings
• Versailles (France) > Buildings, structures, etc
• Ballet > France > 18th century
• Versailles (France) > Court and courtiers
• Princesse de Navarre (Choreographic work)

Genre/Form

Etchings.

Note

• Caption title.
• Caption reads in full: Decoration de la salle de spectacle. Construitte dans le Manege couvert de la grande Ecurie, à Versailles, pour la representation de la Princesse De Navarre Comedie Balet, donnée a l'occasion du Mariage de Louis Dauphin de France, avec Marie Therese Infante d'Espagne, Le XXIII Fevrier M.DCCXLV. Cette Feste ordonnée par M. Le Duc De Richelieu, Pair de France, en exercice de Premier Gentilhomme de la Chambre du Roy a éte conduitte par M. De Bonneval Intendant et controlleur general de l'Argenterie, Menus Plaisirs et affaires de la Chambre de sa Majesté.

Biography (note)

• This print depicts the first performance of La princesse de Navarre, a comédie-ballet in three acts with music by Jean-Philippe Rameau and libretto by Voltaire, at Versailles on Feb. 23, 1745. Created to commemorate the wedding of Louis, Dauphin of France, it was performed by members of the Comédiens de la troupe du Roi and the Académie royale de musique. The ballet portrayed the efforts of Constance, the princess of Navarre, to escape unwanted suitors, and ended happily with a scene at the Temple of Love.
• Louis, Dauphin of France, 1729-1765, was the heir apparent and only surviving son of Louis XV. He predeceased his father, however, and never reigned. On Feb. 23, 1745, his marriage to the Infanta Maria Teresa Rafaela, daughter of Philip V of Spain, was celebrated in Versailles. The engravers Charles-Nicolas Cochin, a father and son who shared the same name, documented the wedding festivities in at least three prints: Decoration de la salle de spectacle (depicting the performance of the ballet La princesse de Navarre on Feb. 23, 1745), Decoration du bal paré donné par le roy (Feb. 24, 1745), and Decoration du bal masqué donné par le roy dans la grande gallerie du chateau de Versailles (Feb. 25-26, 1745). The first two were set in the covered riding school at Versailles, which was specially decorated for the two events.

Call Number

*MGZFZ Coch C Dec 1

OCLC

825553805

Author

Cochin, Charles Nicolas, 1715-1790.

Title

Decoration de la salle de spectacle [graphic] / C.N. Cochin filius delin. et sculp.

Imprint

[1745? or later]

Biography

This print depicts the first performance of La princesse de Navarre, a comédie-ballet in three acts with music by Jean-Philippe Rameau and libretto by Voltaire, at Versailles on Feb. 23, 1745. Created to commemorate the wedding of Louis, Dauphin of France, it was performed by members of the Comédiens de la troupe du Roi and the Académie royale de musique. The ballet portrayed the efforts of Constance, the princess of Navarre, to escape unwanted suitors, and ended happily with a scene at the Temple of Love.

Louis, Dauphin of France, 1729-1765, was the heir apparent and only surviving son of Louis XV. He predeceased his father, however, and never reigned. On Feb. 23, 1745, his marriage to the Infanta Maria Teresa Rafaela, daughter of Philip V of Spain, was celebrated in Versailles. The engravers Charles-Nicolas Cochin, a father and son who shared the same name, documented the wedding festivities in at least three prints: Decoration de la salle de spectacle (depicting the performance of the ballet La princesse de Navarre on Feb. 23, 1745), Decoration du bal paré donné par le roy (Feb. 24, 1745), and Decoration du bal masqué donné par le roy dans la grande gallerie du chateau de Versailles (Feb. 25-26, 1745). The first two were set in the covered riding school at Versailles, which was specially decorated for the two events.

Local Note

Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

For the print Decoration du bal paré donné par le roy, see: *MGZFZ Coc C Par 1.

For the print Decoration du bal masqué donné par le roy dans la grande gallerie du chateau de Versailles, see: *MGZFM Coc C Dec 1.

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Added Author

Louis, Dauphin of France, 1729-1765. Associated name

María Teresa, Infanta of Spain, 1726-1746. Associated name

Research Call Number

*MGZFZ Coch C Dec 1