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Baccanal, et divertissements, des environs de Paris   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Nicolas Guérard
Title
Baccanal, et divertissements, des environs de Paris
Description
English: Representation of a celebration in the streets of Paris, with the participants engaged in various activities. In the middle distance, men and women dance in a circle. The setting appears to be the gate called the Barrière d'Enfer, which is sometimes said to have derived its name from the immoral and illicit activities that took place there. This location was also used in the third act of Giacomo Puccini's opera La bohème (1896).
Date Date Issued: 1710 - 1719 (Approximate)
Medium Etchings
Dimensions Extent: 1 print : 20 x 31 cm., on mount 22 x 33 cm.
institution QS:P195,Q219555
Current location
erome Robbins Dance Division
Accession number
  • RLIN/OCLC: 825120682
  • NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19758980
  • Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): b0508710-88f9-0134-0f78-00505686a51c
Notes
  • Statement of responsibility: N. Guerard invenit et fecit.
  • Printed below the image are the verses: Petits Bourgeois artisans et grisettes, / Sortez tous de Paris et courez aux guinguettes, / Ou vous aurez quatre pintes pour deux, / Sur deux ais de bateau sans napes sans serviettes, / Vous boirez tant dans ces bachiques lieux, / Que le vin vous sortira par les yeux.
  • Penciled on the verso: Au [illegible] barrières de Paris sous Louis XIV. Barrière d'Enfer et barrière St. Jacques.
  • The Bibliothèque Nationale de France holds a photograph of this print, cataloged under the title: Baccanale et divertissements des environs de Paris.
  • Acquisition: Gift; Lincoln Kirstein.
Source/Photographer New York Public Library

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