Costume for the King in Les Tentations de la Bergère (The Temptations of the Shepherdess)

Maker and role
Artist: Juan Gris, Spanish, 1887-1927
 Year
1924
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Object detail

Media/Materials
Taffeta and silk, with metallic braid and lace
Credit line
Gift of The Tobin Endowment
Accession number
TL2001.74
Object type
Costume
Department
Theatre Arts
Location
Not on view
Theatre production
Ballet by Michel de Monteclair with choreography by Bronislava Nijinska. Produced by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, Monte Carlo, 1924.
Further information
Amidst revived interest in French court dance after World War I, the Ballets Russes produced not only The Sleeping Princess, but also Les Tentations de la Bergère in which Louis XIV himself makes an appearance.
Documentation
Diaghilev: Costumes and Designs of the Ballets Russes; 1978
Associated person
Michel de Montéclair (b.1667, d.1737)
Bronislava Nijinska (b.1890, d.1972)
Diaghilev's Ballets Russes
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