Pygmalion; of Het beeld bezield door de liefde: zo als hetzelve door Carolina en Charlotta Frederic, oud 9 en 7 Jaaren, op den Amsteldamschen Schouwburg, in het laatste des Jaars 1758, gedanst is
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Title
Pygmalion; of Het beeld bezield door de liefde: zo als hetzelve door Carolina en Charlotta Frederic, oud 9 en 7 Jaaren, op den Amsteldamschen Schouwburg, in het laatste des Jaars 1758, gedanst is
Collection
Prints depicting dance
Ballet or dance scenes from theatrical works, with or without people in them
Names
Punt, Jan, 1711-1779 (Engraver)
Myn, G. van der (Artist)
Basan, François, 1723-1797 (Printer)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1759
Place: Paris
Publisher: chez Basan graveur
Library Location
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZFE-18 Pun J Pyg 1
Subjects
Frederic Sisters, (fl. 1758)
Ballet -- Netherlands
Genres
Notes
Statement Of Responsibility: Lower left: G. van der Myn ad vivum delineavit. Lower right: J. Punt sculpsit, 1759.
Citation/Reference: Cf. Winter, Marian Hannah. The Pre-Romantic Ballet, London, 1974, p. 44. Reproduction and biographical note.
Physical Description
Engravings
Extent: 48.5 x 26 cm. (image within line border: 29.2 x 23.5 cm.)
partially hand-colored
Abstract
Depicts Caroline and Charlotte Frédéric, daughters of Frédéric Sluyter, dancing in an Amsterdam production of Pygmalion. Dancer at left on right foot, arms outstretched. Wearing bodice with low rounded neckline, pointed waistline, wide panniered skirt. Dancer at right on left foot, arms outstretched. Wearing male attire: cocked hat, frock coat with skirts stiffened and flared, breeches, heeless shoes. Outdoor setting: trees, statuary.
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Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY767019524-F
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12155632
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): b0fdf570-0880-0133-f7fa-58d385a7bbd0
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Date Issued
1759
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Pygmalion; of Het beeld bezield door de liefde: zo als hetzelve door Carolina en Charlotta Frederic, oud 9 en 7 Jaaren, op den Amsteldamschen Schouwburg, in het laatste des Jaars 1758, gedanst is" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1759. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b0fdf570-0880-0133-f7fa-58d385a7bbd0
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1759). Pygmalion; of Het beeld bezield door de liefde: zo als hetzelve door Carolina en Charlotta Frederic, oud 9 en 7 Jaaren, op den Amsteldamschen Schouwburg, in het laatste des Jaars 1758, gedanst is Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b0fdf570-0880-0133-f7fa-58d385a7bbd0
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Pygmalion; of Het beeld bezield door de liefde: zo als hetzelve door Carolina en Charlotta Frederic, oud 9 en 7 Jaaren, op den Amsteldamschen Schouwburg, in het laatste des Jaars 1758, gedanst is" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 5, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b0fdf570-0880-0133-f7fa-58d385a7bbd0
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