Second day of the King's festivities, Versailles, May 8, 1664: the play and ballet of the Princesse d'Elide by Molière from Les Plaisirs de l'Isle Enchantée

People:

Israël Silvestre (etcher)

Title:

Second day of the King's festivities, Versailles, May 8, 1664: the play and ballet of the Princesse d'Elide by Molière from Les Plaisirs de l'Isle Enchantée

Date:

printed between 1664 and 1673

Description:

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

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Technique and media:

Etching

Dimensions:

plate mark: 28.2 x 42.6 cm sheet: 41.8 x 53.9 cm

Reference number:

DR1984:1451

Inscription:

imprinted - by the etcher, in the plate on the image, l.c.: "Seconde Journée / Theatre fait dans la mesme allée sur lequel la Comédie, et le Ballet / de la Princesse d'Elide furent representéz." signed - by the etcher, in the plate on the image, l.l.: "Israel Silvestre delineavit, et sculps." numbered - by the etcher, in the plate on the image, l.r.: "7"

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

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