R6619: Portrait of La Sallé
Prints
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- R6619
- People
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Alfred Alexandre Delauney, French (1830 - 1894)
After Nicolas Lancret, French (Paris 1690 - 1743 Paris)
- Title
- Portrait of La Sallé
- Other Titles
- Original Language Title: Portrait de la Sallé
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- 19th century
- Culture
- French
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/239347
Physical Descriptions
- Technique
- Etching
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: JWR:"Pereira Gal no 66; de Larmessin has engraved it"
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister.
Belinda Lull Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892. sister of John Witt Randall
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
- Object Number
- R6619
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Marie Sallé, (1707-1756) one of the most prominent dancers of her time, was a daughter of a tumbler. She was taught dancing very early and made her debut in 1718 at the St. Laurent's Fair in an opera-comique by Lesaye titled "La Princesse Carisme".
Verification Level
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