Depicting a scene from La Princesse d’Élide, a five-act comédie-ballet staged in the gardens of Versailles in 1664, Israël Silvestre’s engraving is a visual record of an ephemeral but pivotal festival that marked the confluence of performing arts, court culture, and political power in the reign of Louis XIV. Along with fellow printmakers Jean Lepautre (b.… Read more

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