Décoration du bal masque donné par le roy dans la grande Galerie du Château de Versailles, à l’occasion du Mariage de Louis Dauphin de France avec Marie Thérèse Infante d’Espagne, la nuit du XXV. au XXVI février. M.D. CCXLV.
date: label: Date
content: 1756
name: label: Designer
content: Charles-Nicolas Cochin the younger, French, 1715–1790
label: Print Maker
content: Charles-Nicolas Cochin the elder, French, 1688–1754
label: Director of Production
content: Michel de Bonneval, French, 17..-1766
label: Office of
content: Menus-Plaisirs du Roi, France
label: Publisher
content: Imprimerie de Ballard, Paris, France
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Interior view inside the grand hall of mirrors at the Palace of Versailles, a decorated masked ball celebrating the marriage of Louis Dauphin of France to Marie Thérèse of Spain. Highly decorated interior space with high painted ceilings, from which hang many ornate chandeliers. Figures of dancers occupy the floor, surrounded by crowds of figures on all sides, many of whom are in costume. At left, a group of figures dressed as wizards with very large heads; at right, a group of bishops resembling chess game pieces. Large arched windows or panes of mirror glass line the rear wall. At lower center, coat of arms of France; plate text printed on either side.
place: label: made in
content: Paris, France
label: published in
content: Paris, France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1921-6-205-8
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bound print
label: Type
content: Bound print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and engraving on laid paper