File:Bound Print, Décoration du bal paré donné par le roy le XXIV février M.D.CCXLV à l’occasion du Mariage de Louis Dauphin de France, avec Marie Thérèse Infante d’Espagne, Versailles (Decoration of the (CH 18221253-2).jpg

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Engraved by Charles-Nicolas Cochin the elder. Engraved by Charles-Nicolas Cochin the younger
Title
English: Bound Print, Décoration du bal paré donné par le roy le XXIV février M.D.CCXLV à l’occasion du Mariage de Louis Dauphin de France, avec Marie Thérèse Infante d’Espagne, Versailles (Decoration of the grand ball on the occasion of the wedding of the Dauphin and Marie Thérèse of Spain, Versailles), 1756
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English: Interior view inside the theater at Versailles, decorated for the presentation of a ballet performed to celebrate the marriage of Louis Dauphin of France to Marie Thérèse of Spain. Highly decorated interior space with high painted ceilings, from which hang many ornate chandeliers. Dancers and actors occupy the floor at center, surrounded by crowds of figures on all sides. Elaborate niches at the sides and rear of the space with large sculptures, large windows in between. At the center foreground, royal subjects seated upon thrones, viewed from behind, facing the performers. Composition is elaborately framed with a Greek key motif, a winged escutcheon at upper center with figural groups and putti surrounding. At lower center, coat of arms of France and Spain; putti hold draped banners at either side which contain the plate text.
Date 1756
date QS:P571,+1756-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium etching and engraving on paper
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
Current location
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design
Accession number
1921-6-205-7
Credit line Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
Notes
  • Type: Bound print
  • Inscribed: Printed in plate, lower center: DECORATION DU BAL PARE DONNÉ PAR LE ROY / Le XXIV. Fevrier M.D.CCXLV. a l’occasion du Mariage de Louis Dauphin de France, avec Marie Therese / Infante d’Espagne, dans la meme Salle de spectacle construitte au Manege couvert de / la grande Ecurie à Versailles laquelle fut changée dans l’espace de 16. heures dans cette / nouvelle decoration au lieu de celle du Ballet qui y avoit été représenté la Veille. / Cette Feste Ordonnée par M. Le Duc De Richelieu, Pair de France, en exercice de Premier / Gentilhomme de la Chambre DU ROY a été conduitte par M. De Bonneval Intendant et / Controlleur general de l’Argenterie, Menus / Plaisirs et affaires de la Chambre / de Sa Majesté.
  • Country: France
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