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Additional authors

1. Myn, G. van der.
2. Basan, François, 1723-1797.

Description

1. Engraving, partially hand-colored; plate mark: 48.5 x 26 cm. (image within line border: 29.2 x 23.5 cm.).

Subject

1. Costume designs > 18th century
2. Ballet > Netherlands
3. Prints (Graphic arts) > Ballet > 18th century
4. Frederic Sisters, (fl. 1758)

Call number

1. *MGZFE-18 Pun J Pyg 1

Note

1. Lower left: G. van der Myn ad vivum delineavit. Lower right: J. Punt sculpsit, 1759.
2. Depicts Caroline and Charlotte Frédéric, daughters of Frédéric Sluyter, dancing in an Amsterdam production of Pygmalion.
3. Dancer at left on right foot, arms outstretched. Wearing bodice with low rounded neckline, pointed waistline, wide panniered skirt. Dancer at right on left foot, arms outstretched. Wearing male attire: cocked hat, frock coat with skirts stiffened and flared, breeches, heeless shoes. Outdoor setting: trees, statuary.
4. Cf. Winter, Marian Hannah. The Pre-Romantic Ballet, London, 1974, p. 44. Reproduction and biographical note.

Author

1. Punt, Jan, 1711-1779.

Title

1. Pygmalion; of Het beeld bezield door de liefde; zo als hetzelve door Carolina en Charlotta Frederic, oud 9 en 7 Jaaren, op den Amsteldamschen Schouwburg, in het laatste des Jaars 1758, gedanst is.

Imprint

1. Paris, chez Basan graveur, 1759.

Local note

1. This item may be offsite for digitization. For additional information please contact dance@nypl.org.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Local subject

1. Prints (Graphic arts) -- Ballet -- 18th century.
2. Ballet -- Netherlands.
3. Costume designs -- 18th century.

Added author

1. Myn, G. van der.
2. Basan, François, 1723-1797.

Research call number

1. *MGZFE-18 Pun J Pyg 1