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Fêtes données à Vienne à l'occasion du mariage de Joseph II avec Marie Josephine Antoinette de Baviére, le 23 Janvier 1765

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Title
Fêtes données à Vienne à l'occasion du mariage de Joseph II avec Marie Josephine Antoinette de Baviére, le 23 Janvier 1765
Collection

Prints depicting dance

Ballet or dance scenes from theatrical works, with or without people in them

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1800 (Questionable)
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZFA-18 Anon Fet 1
Topics
Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793
Ballet
Vienna (Austria)
Genres
Prints
Notes
Etching, engraving, done in the early 19th century. On recto: Dessiné pour Nouguea. Gravét par Mme. Lesueur. Diagraphe et Pantographe--Gavare.
Possibly after an 18th century painting by de Vinck.
Content: Depicts Marie Antoinette as a child, dancing with two of her brothers and eight other children in a pastoral setting. The girl in the foreground, identified as l'Archiduchesse Antoinette (Marie Antionette) dances with her two brothers: l'Archiduc Ferdinand and l'Archiduc Maximilien, who wears wings.
Content: The four girls on the left are identified as: Christine de Clary, Thérèse de Clary, Christine d'Auersberg, and Paline d'Auersberg. The four boys on the right are identified as: Frederic landgrave de Furstemberg, Fois. Xavier Cte. d'Auersberg, Joseph Cte. de Clary, and Venceslas Cte. de Clary.
Printed above image at center: 2647. Printed, upper right: Sie X Son 6.
Biographical/historical: The performance celebrated the 1765 marriage of her Marie Antionette's brother Joseph II to his second wife Marie Josephine Antoinette de Baviére [Maria Josepha, 1739-1767]. This engraving depicts a court ballet performed as part of the wedding festivities at the Imperial Palace in Vienna; the palace is not depicted.
Physical Description
Engravings
Etchings
Extent: 1 print: 35 x 22.5 cm.
B & W
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12169986
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 25f1c320-882a-0130-48e9-58d385a7bbd0
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1800: Issued
  • 2013: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Fêtes données à Vienne à l'occasion du mariage de Joseph II avec Marie Josephine Antoinette de Baviére, le 23 Janvier 1765" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1800. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/95958780-9e18-0130-ee0d-58d385a7bbd0

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Fêtes données à Vienne à l'occasion du mariage de Joseph II avec Marie Josephine Antoinette de Baviére, le 23 Janvier 1765" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 26, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/95958780-9e18-0130-ee0d-58d385a7bbd0

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1800). Fêtes données à Vienne à l'occasion du mariage de Joseph II avec Marie Josephine Antoinette de Baviére, le 23 Janvier 1765 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/95958780-9e18-0130-ee0d-58d385a7bbd0

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Fêtes données à Vienne à l'occasion du mariage de Joseph II avec Marie Josephine Antoinette de Baviére, le 23 Janvier 1765