Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Chauveau, François, 1613-1676
2. Perrault, Charles, 1628-1703
3. Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715
4. Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division. fnd

Description

1. 1 print : etching, b&w; 56 x 81 cm., plate mark 54 x 76 cm.

Summary

1. Depiction of an equestrian display presented in the amphitheatre in front of the Tuileries Palace in Paris, on the second day of Le Grand Carrousel.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Dance Committee Purchase Fund.

Alternative title

1. Courses de bague et disposition des quadrilles dans l'Amphiteatre, seconde journée
2. Courses de testes et de bague faittes par le roy et par les princes et seigneurs de sa cour, en l'année 1662.

Subject

1. Tuileries Palace (Paris, France)
2. Horse ballet -- France -- 17th century
3. Pageants -- France -- 17th century

Genre/Form

1. Etchings.

Call number

1. *MGZFM Sil I Dec 2

Note

1. Caption title.
2. Artist's name and French title supplied by vendor.

Funding (note)

1. Purchased with funds from the Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

Biography (note)

1. Held in June 1662, Le Grand Carrousel was a three-day series of entertainments organized by Louis XIV of France to celebrate the birth of the dauphin. Its noble participants were divided into five quadrilles named after national groups selected for their prestige or exoticism: Romans (led by the king himself), Persians, Turks, Indians, and Native Americans. The riders and horses in each group were elaborately costumed, and the festivities, often accompanied by music, allowed them to show off their horsemanship in processions, pageants, and games of skill.
2. Double-page plate from Courses de testes et de bague faittes par le roy et par les princes et seigneurs de sa cour, en l'année 1662. The book, commissioned by Louis XIV, included text by Charles Perrault (best remembered for his fairy tales) and illustrations by Israël Silvestre and François Chaveau.

Local note

1. Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

Author

1. Silvestre, Israël, 1621-1691.

Title

1. Decurso ad Annulum Turmarumque in Amphitheatro stationes dispositæ. Dies altera [graphic].

Imprint

1. [Paris : Imprimerie royale, 1670]

Biography

1. Held in June 1662, Le Grand Carrousel was a three-day series of entertainments organized by Louis XIV of France to celebrate the birth of the dauphin. Its noble participants were divided into five quadrilles named after national groups selected for their prestige or exoticism: Romans (led by the king himself), Persians, Turks, Indians, and Native Americans. The riders and horses in each group were elaborately costumed, and the festivities, often accompanied by music, allowed them to show off their horsemanship in processions, pageants, and games of skill.
2. Double-page plate from Courses de testes et de bague faittes par le roy et par les princes et seigneurs de sa cour, en l'année 1662. The book, commissioned by Louis XIV, included text by Charles Perrault (best remembered for his fairy tales) and illustrations by Israël Silvestre and François Chaveau.

Funding

1. Purchased with funds from the Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Chauveau, François, 1613-1676. Associated name
2. Perrault, Charles, 1628-1703. Associated name
3. Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715. Associated name
4. Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division. Funder

Added title

1. Courses de testes et de bague faittes par le roy et par les princes et seigneurs de sa cour, en l'année 1662.

Research call number

1. *MGZFM Sil I Dec 2