File:Siren from Ballet Comique de la Reine.jpg

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English: Contemporary illustration of a siren from the Ballet comique de la reine of 1581. The sirens escorted a chariot, designed like a fountain, containing Queen Louise, her ladies, and musicians. The narrative of the ballet, one of the "magnificences" of the age of Catherine de' Medici, mother of Henri III of France, was based on the myth of Circe, who turned men into beasts. This was held to symbolise the state of civil war in France at the time.
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Jacques Patin  (15..–1587)  wikidata:Q15430293
 
Description French painter, decorator, drawer and engraver
Date of birth/death 1532 Edit this at Wikidata 28 May 1587 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Paris Paris (?)
Work period 1564 Edit this at Wikidata
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Printed by Ballard in Balet comique de la Royne, faict aux nopces de Monsieur le Duc de Joyeuse & madamoyselle de Vaudemont sa sœur. Par Baltasar de Beaujoyeulx, valet de chambre du Roy, & de la Royne sa mere. Detail from the original engraving. See page 10 verso at Gallica.
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