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Mademoiselle Marie-Jeanne Fesch Chevallier

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Mlle. Marie-Jeanne Fesch Chevallier (Paris 1722 - after 1789 Paris) was a famous French opera singer. She made her debut with the Paris Royal Opera in 1741 starring as Cybèle in Lully's Atys, and she retired from the stage in 1761 after collaborating with Boquet for her costume in Lully's Armide. This drawing is close in style to drawings by Boquet preserved in the Bibliothèque de l'Opéra, Paris.
From http://www.artlyriquefr.fr/dicos/Opera%20Cantatrices.html: CHEVALIER (Marie-Jeanne FESCH dite Mlle). — Soprano (Paris, 12 septembre 1722 – 1789). Elle débuta à 18 ans, et se retira après 1763. Elle chanta des opéras de Lully, parmi lesquels : PHAETON ; THESEE ; PERSEE ; ARMIDE ; ALCESTE ; et des opéras de Rameau : LES FETES DE L'HYMEN ET DE L'AMOUR ; ACANTHE ET CEPHISE. Elle créa en 1741 LE TEMPLE DE CNIDE (Vénus) ; en 1743 LES CARACTERES DE LA FOLIE (Vénus) ; en 1745 ZELINDOR, ROI DES SYLPHES (la Muse) ; en 1745 LES FETES DE POLYMNIE de Rameau ; en 1745 LE TEMPLE DE LA GLOIRE de Rameau ; en 1749 ZOROASTRE (Erinice) de Rameau ; en 1751 LES AMOURS DE TEMPÉ (Elemire) ; en 1753 TITON ET L'AURORE (Pales) ; en 1757 LES SURPRISES DE L'AMOUR (Uranie) ; en 1760 CANENTE (Circé) ; en 1763 POLYXENE (Hécube).

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Mademoiselle Marie-Jeanne Fesch Chevallier
  • Artist: Louis René Boquet (French, 1717–1814)
  • Medium: Black chalk and watercolor
  • Dimensions: 14 x 18 3/8 in. (35.5 x 46.7 cm)
  • Classifications: Drawings, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman Gift, 1966
  • Object Number: 66.91
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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