Frontispiece to a booklet (26 pages; 37 cm) with description and 10 double-folding plates depicting set designs by giacomo torelli for le nozze di peleo e di tetis, an italian opera with music by carlo caproli mixed with a french ballet on the same subject, performed at the hôtel du petit-bourbon in paris in 1654. The illustration portrays a partly ruined arch with a view of the pont neuf, the place dauphine, the tour de nesle (on the right), and notre-dame de paris in the background. There are six figures in the arch believed to represent the six arts that contributed to the production: an author with a writing tablet, an architect with a compass, a sculptor with a statuette in his hand, a musician with a violoncello, a singer with a lute, and another figure with no attributes possibly representing the dance. Rays emanating from the arms of louis xiv illuminate the arms of cardinal mazarin and reflect onto the six figures. Date: 1654. Medium: engraving. Collection: The Morgan Library & Museum. Frontispiece for set designs by Torelli for 'Le nozze di Peleo e di Theti' by Caproli 1654 Paris - Morgan Library
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