Research Catalog

Title

Decurso ad Capita et quinque Turmarum in Amphitheatro stationes dispositæ. Dies prima [graphic].

Author

Silvestre, Israël, 1621-1691.

Publication

[Paris : Imprimerie royale, 1670]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Chauveau, François, 1613-1676.
• Perrault, Charles, 1628-1703.
• Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715.
• Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division. fnd

Description

1 print : etching, b&w; 56 x 81 cm., plate mark 54 x 76 cm.

Summary

Depiction of an equestrian display presented in the amphitheatre in front of the Tuileries Palace in Paris, on the first day of Le Grand Carrousel.

Donor/Sponsor

Dance Committee Purchase Fund.

Alternative Title

• Courses de testes et dispositions des cinq quadrilles dans l'Amphiteatre, première journée
• Courses de testes et de bague faittes par le roy et par les princes et seigneurs de sa cour, en l'année 1662.

Subjects

• Tuileries Palace (Paris, France)
• Pageants > France > 17th century
• Etchings
• Horse ballet > France > 17th century

Genre/Form

Etchings.

Note

• Caption title.
• Artist's name and French title supplied by vendor.

Funding (note)

• Purchased with funds from the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

Biography (note)

• Held in June 1662, Le Grand Carrousel was a three-day series of entertainments organized by Louis XIV of France to celebrate the birth of the dauphin. Its noble participants were divided into five quadrilles named after national groups selected for their prestige or exoticism: Romans (led by the king himself), Persians, Turks, Indians, and Native Americans. The riders and horses in each group were elaborately costumed, and the festivities, often accompanied by music, allowed them to show off their horsemanship in processions, pageants, and games of skill.
• Double-page plate from Courses de testes et de bague faittes par le roy et par les princes et seigneurs de sa cour, en l'année 1662. The book, commissioned by Louis XIV, included text by Charles Perrault (best remembered for his fairy tales) and illustrations by Israël Silvestre and François Chaveau.

Call Number

*MGZFM Sil I Dec 1

OCLC

806954030

Author

Silvestre, Israël, 1621-1691.

Title

Decurso ad Capita et quinque Turmarum in Amphitheatro stationes dispositæ. Dies prima [graphic].

Imprint

[Paris : Imprimerie royale, 1670]

Biography

Held in June 1662, Le Grand Carrousel was a three-day series of entertainments organized by Louis XIV of France to celebrate the birth of the dauphin. Its noble participants were divided into five quadrilles named after national groups selected for their prestige or exoticism: Romans (led by the king himself), Persians, Turks, Indians, and Native Americans. The riders and horses in each group were elaborately costumed, and the festivities, often accompanied by music, allowed them to show off their horsemanship in processions, pageants, and games of skill.

Double-page plate from Courses de testes et de bague faittes par le roy et par les princes et seigneurs de sa cour, en l'année 1662. The book, commissioned by Louis XIV, included text by Charles Perrault (best remembered for his fairy tales) and illustrations by Israël Silvestre and François Chaveau.

Funding

Purchased with funds from the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

Local Note

Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

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Added Author

Chauveau, François, 1613-1676. Associated name

Perrault, Charles, 1628-1703. Associated name

Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715. Associated name

Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division. Funder

Added Title

Courses de testes et de bague faittes par le roy et par les princes et seigneurs de sa cour, en l'année 1662.

Research Call Number

*MGZFM Sil I Dec 1