Research Catalog

Title

Nicodeme [graphic] / L. Vigée pinx. ; F. Basan sculp.

Author

Basan, François, 1723-1797.

Publication

Paris : Basan, [175-?]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Vigée, Louis, 1727-1767.
• Favart, M. (Charles-Simon), 1710-1792.

Description

1 print : etching, engraving, b&w; 36 x 26 cm., plate mark 34 x 24 cm.

Summary

Full-length figure of a man in rustic costume, standing in a landscape. At left is a building that may be the farmhouse alluded to in the verse.

Subjects

• Bal de Strasbourg (Choreographic work)
• Etchings

Genre/Form

Etchings.

Note

• Caption title.
• The following verse is printed below the title: Ma mi' Babichon, / C'est que j'nosois pas / Danser d'vant tout le monde, / J'aim 'tant à danser, / Que souvent tout seul, / Je dans' dans notre grange: / Quoiqu'ça n'paroisse pas, / Je suis un Gaillard / Comme etoit mon grand Oncle. / Je suis un peu lourd; / Mais quand j'suis en train / J'vais plus long-tems qu'un autre.

Biography (note)

• The character Nicodème and his wife Babichon are listed among the cast of Le bal de Strasbourg, a theatre work described in the 1744 edition of its libretto as a "divertissement allemand, au sujet de la convalescence du Roi, opera comique ballet." Nicodème was played by Mr. [i.e., Monsieur] Dourdais, Babichon by Mlle. Sauvage. According to the libretto, they do not appear until Scene VI, and the verses on the print do not appear in the libretto. Le bal de Strasbourg is attributed to the librettist Charles-Simon Favart, with music by Philippe Brigard de la Garde and J.L. Lesueur. It was first performed at the Théâtre Italien, Paris, in 1744.
• The British Museum, which holds a copy of this print, dates it between 1750-1754. Louis Vigée, a French draughtsman and painter, also created an image of Nicodème's wife Babichon. François Basan was a printmaker, publisher, and dealer in Paris.

Call Number

*MGZFX Bas F Nic 1

OCLC

825563875

Author

Basan, François, 1723-1797. Engraver

Title

Nicodeme [graphic] / L. Vigée pinx. ; F. Basan sculp.

Imprint

Paris : Basan, [175-?]

Biography

The character Nicodème and his wife Babichon are listed among the cast of Le bal de Strasbourg, a theatre work described in the 1744 edition of its libretto as a "divertissement allemand, au sujet de la convalescence du Roi, opera comique ballet." Nicodème was played by Mr. [i.e., Monsieur] Dourdais, Babichon by Mlle. Sauvage. According to the libretto, they do not appear until Scene VI, and the verses on the print do not appear in the libretto. Le bal de Strasbourg is attributed to the librettist Charles-Simon Favart, with music by Philippe Brigard de la Garde and J.L. Lesueur. It was first performed at the Théâtre Italien, Paris, in 1744.

The British Museum, which holds a copy of this print, dates it between 1750-1754. Louis Vigée, a French draughtsman and painter, also created an image of Nicodème's wife Babichon. François Basan was a printmaker, publisher, and dealer in Paris.

Local Note

Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

Library's copy is stamped on the verso: Stead Collection.

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Added Author

Vigée, Louis, 1727-1767. Artist

Favart, M. (Charles-Simon), 1710-1792. Associated name

Research Call Number

*MGZFX Bas F Nic 1