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Danse à l'italienne

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5492486


Item data

Title

Danse à l'italienne

Collection

Prints depicting dance
Subjects

Names

Le Bas, Jacques-Philippe, 1707-1783 (Engraver)
Parrocel, Etienne, 1696-1776 (Artist)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1750 - 1759 (Approximate)
Place: Paris
Publisher: chez le Bas graveur du Roy

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZFH LeB J Dan 1

Subjects

Dance -- Italy

Genres

Prints
Poetry

Notes

Statement Of Responsibility: Parrocel delineavit; Le Bas sculp.
Content: Six lines of French poetry of C. Moraine: Il vous est doux, Iris, que tous ces Spectateurs / De vos pas gracieux approuvent la Cadence, / Et deviennent pour vous autant d’admirateurs / Mais d'un plaisir plus grand j’aurois la jouissance, / Si vous applaudissiez aux tendres mouvements / Qu’inspirent à mon Coeur vos divins agréments.

Physical Description

Extent: Engraving, colored, plate mark: 26 x 38 cm.

Abstract

A park or garden, trees and fountain in background; girl playing castanets and dancing in center, a musician faces her, playing a lute or guitar; courtiers sit on the grass or watch from a terrace.

Languages

French

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPY737048531-F
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12148235
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 36369ca0-2989-0133-cd94-58d385a7bbd0

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Still Image
Text

Date Issued

1750

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MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Danse à l'italienne" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1750 - 1759. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/36369ca0-2989-0133-cd94-58d385a7bbd0

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1750 - 1759). Danse à l'italienne Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/36369ca0-2989-0133-cd94-58d385a7bbd0

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Danse à l'italienne" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 19, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/36369ca0-2989-0133-cd94-58d385a7bbd0

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