page_title: Anne and Janneton Auretti
hierarchical_section_title: Anne and Janneton Auretti
caption_attribution_description: English: Legend: Telle est la célèbre Auretti, / L'ame du Bal, et de la Danse, / A qui le Ciel a departi / Le don de voler en cadance. In this undated print, Auretti appears to be younger than the subject of Scotin's 1745 London print. Depicts Anne (or possibly Janneton) Auretti, full length to slight left, head inclined to slight right, arms outstretched, index fingers and thumbs touching, left leg extended to side. Wearing neckband, paniered décollété ball gown, heeled shoes. An outdoor setting, trees in background. Cf. Winter, Marian Hannah. The Pre-Romantic Ballet, London, 1974, p. 128. Reproduction. Poor condition: mutilated, cropped.
context_page_description: Anne and Janneton Auretti were French ballerinas who performed for London audiences and French royalty in the mid- to late-18th century. A dance named after them is still performed today.
context_section_description: Anne and Janneton (or Janeton) Auretti were French ballerinas who performed for London audiences and French royalty in the mid- to late-18th century. A dance named after them is still performed today.
caption: Anne (or possibly Janneton) Auretti (NYPL). Legend: Telle est la célèbre Auretti, / L'ame du Bal, et de la Danse, / A qui le Ciel a departi / Le don de voler en cadance.
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