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TITLE OF WORK: The "ball of the Polish" (Le "bal des Polonais")

TYPE OF WORK: Print, woodcut

DATE: 1673

COMMENTS: A ballet presented in 1673 for the ambassadors of Poland, who came in Paris to offer the crown to Henri d'Anjou, the future Henri III. Here, 16 nymphs execute a geometrical figure.

LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France, Poland

DANCE FORM: ballet, court

KEYWORDS: royalty