Research Catalog

Title

Zéphir et l'Amour dans La Fonti. Théâtre Imperial de l'Opéra [graphic] / A.L.

Author

Lacauchie, Alexandre.

Publication

Paris : Maison Martinet, [1855?]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

Beard, Richard.

Found In

Richard Park Beard collection.

Description

1 print : lithograph, hand-colored; 26 x 18 cm.

Summary

Depiction of two female dancers costumed for Joseph Mazilier's ballet La Fonti. Zéphir (representing Zephyrus, the personification of the west wind), at left, wears small wings on her back. L'Amour (Eros or Cupid), at right, also wears wings and carries the god's obligatory bow and arrows. On her head is a crescent moon, usually an attribute of the goddess Artemis or Diana.

Series Statement

Galerie dramatique ; 704

Alternative Title

Richard Park Beard collection. Graphics.

Subjects

• Fonti (Choreographic work : Mazilier)
• Lithographs
• Zephyrus (Greek deity)
• Cupid (Roman deity)
• Eros (Greek deity)

Genre/Form

Lithographs.

Note

• Initialed on stone.
• Caption title.
• Lith. Godard.

Indexed In (note)

• Chaffee, George, "Catalogue of the French souvenir lithographs (and varia) of the Romantic ballet," Dance index

Source (note)

• Robert James Wood II

Biography (note)

• La Fonti (choreography, Joseph Mazilier; music, Théodore Labarre), a ballet-pantomime inspired by the real-life ballerina Amalia Fonti, was first presented at the Théâtre Imperial de l'Opéra, Paris, in 1855. The characters Zéphir and l'Amour, whose performers are not named in the ballet's published scenario, appeared in the second act ballet-within-a-ballet, in which the goddess Flore invokes Eros in an effort to capture the heart of the notoriously fickle Zéphir.
• Alexandre Lacauchie was a French painter, engraver, and lithographer active in the mid-19th century. His numerous prints capture lively images of the dancers, actors, and singers of his time.
• The printing and publishing house of Maison Martinet was founded in 1796 by Aaron Martinet, 1762-1841, who became well-known for publishing satirical prints. The series Galerie dramatique was published by Maison Martinet in ten volumes between 1844 and 1870.
• Richard Park Beard, 1925-2009, the former owner of this print, made his debut as a professional dancer with Ballet International in 1944, and subsequently danced with Ballet Theatre, Ballet Society, and the New York City Ballet. He also danced and choreographed for television and nightclub shows.

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of the Richard Park Beard collection. Graphics.

Call Number

*MGZFX Lac A Zep 1

OCLC

825121935

Author

Lacauchie, Alexandre.

Title

Zéphir et l'Amour dans La Fonti. Théâtre Imperial de l'Opéra [graphic] / A.L.

Imprint

Paris : Maison Martinet, [1855?]

Series

Galerie dramatique ; 704

Indexed In:

Chaffee, George, "Catalogue of the French souvenir lithographs (and varia) of the Romantic ballet," Dance index, v. 3, nos. 9-11, Sept.-Nov. 1944, p. 204, (A-ii) Galerie dramatique, no. 704.

Biography

La Fonti (choreography, Joseph Mazilier; music, Théodore Labarre), a ballet-pantomime inspired by the real-life ballerina Amalia Fonti, was first presented at the Théâtre Imperial de l'Opéra, Paris, in 1855. The characters Zéphir and l'Amour, whose performers are not named in the ballet's published scenario, appeared in the second act ballet-within-a-ballet, in which the goddess Flore invokes Eros in an effort to capture the heart of the notoriously fickle Zéphir.

Alexandre Lacauchie was a French painter, engraver, and lithographer active in the mid-19th century. His numerous prints capture lively images of the dancers, actors, and singers of his time.

The printing and publishing house of Maison Martinet was founded in 1796 by Aaron Martinet, 1762-1841, who became well-known for publishing satirical prints. The series Galerie dramatique was published by Maison Martinet in ten volumes between 1844 and 1870.

Richard Park Beard, 1925-2009, the former owner of this print, made his debut as a professional dancer with Ballet International in 1944, and subsequently danced with Ballet Theatre, Ballet Society, and the New York City Ballet. He also danced and choreographed for television and nightclub shows.

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Richard Park Beard collection. Graphics.

Local Note

Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

Source

Gift; Robert James Wood II, 2010.

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Added Author

Beard, Richard. Collector

Wood, Robert James. Donor

Added Title

Richard Park Beard collection. Graphics.

Found In:

Richard Park Beard collection.

Research Call Number

*MGZFX Lac A Zep 1