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Theatre fait dans la mesme allée, sur le quel la comédie, et le ballet de La princesse d'Elide furent representéz.

Title: Theatre fait dans la mesme allée, sur le quel la comédie, et le ballet de La princesse d'Elide furent representéz.
Author: Silvestre, Israël, 1621-1691.
Publication: [Paris, 18--]

Description

Steel engraving; image: 27.8 x 42.3 cm.

Subjects

Note

Israel Silvestre, delineavit et sculps.
Legend: Seconde journée.
Depicts the second day of a series of entertainments presented at Versailles, May, 1644.
Background: a scene from Molière's verse play La princesse d'Élide. Foreground: Louis XIV and members of the court watching the performance.
A nineteenth-century print after the 1673 etching by Silvestre.
Cf. *R-*MGTI. Victoria and Albert Museum. Ballet designs, 1967. Reproduction and commentary.

Call Number

*MGZFE-19 Sil I Pla 1

OCLC

NYPY737064838-F

Author

Silvestre, Israël, 1621-1691.

Title

Theatre fait dans la mesme allée, sur le quel la comédie, et le ballet de La princesse d'Elide furent representéz.

Imprint

[Paris, 18--]

Local Note

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Local Subject

Pageants -- France.

Prints (Graphic arts) -- 19th century.

Research Call Number

*MGZFE-19 Sil I Pla 1