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Foyer des acteurs à l'Opéra

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Date

1845

Artist

Eugène Louis Lami (1800-1890)

Collection

New York Public Library

Image Link

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org//items/8e0671f0-07c6-0133-5ebb-58d385a7b928

Description

Representation of the Foyer de la danse or green room at the Paris Opéra, a meeting place for performers and their admirers, engraved by Robert Staines after a watercolor painting by Eugène Lami. The print has been somewhat modified from Lami's original painting. The bonneted woman adjusting a dancer's costume has replaced a group of men surrounding the ballerina Caroline Forster. The costume and headdress of the dancer in movement, immediately to their right, has been altered and made more elaborate. The number of figures in the central group has been reduced, and now includes only the poet Alfred de Musset (in three-quarter back view), the Comte de Belmont, and the ballerina Fanny Elssler. The right side of the picture has also been altered but retains the figure of Lautour-Mezeray, who leans against a pillar facing the dancer Célestine Emarot. A watering pot, used to moisten the floor and prevent the dancers from slipping, has been added to the right of Elssler. Medium: prints, hand coloured engraving. Album/Collection: Prints depicting dance Subjects.
Additional Makers: Engraver - Robert Staines; Publisher - M. Soulié

Image Licence

Public Domain

Image Credit

From The New York Public Library

Location

Palais Garnier, Paris, France

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Dress
Interiors
Music
People
Performances

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People & Society

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