Plate 46: Habit de Folie: a woman in a ballet pose, wearing a bonnet and holding a marotte in her right hand, from "New designs for costumes" (Nouveaux desseins d'habillements à l'usage des balets operas et comedies)
Drawing, design for a female costume, 'habit de folie', from the 'New designs for costumes' (Nouveaux desseins d'habillements à l'usage des balets operas et comedies). The drawing depicts a woman in a ballet pose, wearing a long dress with double sleeves made up of pointed leaves, and two layers of pointed leaves on the skirt. She wears a bonnet with two points on the head, high heels, and holds a marotte in her right hand.
Artwork Details
- Title: Plate 46: Habit de Folie: a woman in a ballet pose, wearing a bonnet and holding a marotte in her right hand, from "New designs for costumes" (Nouveaux desseins d'habillements à l'usage des balets operas et comedies)
- Series/Portfolio: New designs for costumes (Nouveaux desseins d'habillements à l'usage des balets operas et comedies)
- Artist: After Claude Gillot (French, Langres 1673–1722 Paris)
- Artist: François Joullain (French, Paris 1697–1778 Paris)
- Date: ca. 1721
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: image: 5 7/8 x 3 3/8 in. (15 x 8.6 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
- Object Number: 2012.136.377.1
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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