First day of the King's festivities, Versailles, May 7, 1664: a concert, a ballet, and the presentation of the banquet dishes: plates from Les Plaisirs de l'Isle Enchantée

People:

Israël Silvestre (etcher)

Title:

First day of the King's festivities, Versailles, May 7, 1664: a concert, a ballet, and the presentation of the banquet dishes: plates from Les Plaisirs de l'Isle Enchantée

Date:

between 1664 and 1673

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Technique and media:

Etching

Dimensions:

plate mark: 27.6 x 42.2 cm sheet: 41.8 x 53.2 cm

Reference number:

DR1984:1449

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

One of nine folding illustrations to Israel Silvestre's text ofninety-one pages describing three days of festivities at Versailles (textlacking here)

Inscription:

inscribed - Premiere Journée: Comparse des quatre saisons,avec leur suitte de concertans et porteurs de presens et la machine de Pan etde Diana, avec leur suitte de concertans, et de bergers portans les platspendant le recit des uns et des autres devant le Roy, et les Reynes, No. 5(lower right)

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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