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ARTIST: Daniel Rabel (France, 1578-1637)

TITLE OF WORK: "Ballet of the Bicêtre Castle". Entry of the Sorcerers and the Monsters ("Ballet du château de Bicêtre". Entrée des Sorciers et des Monstres)

TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, colored

DATE: 1632

COMMENTS: A scene from the ballet "Le ballet du château de Bicêtre". Dancers of that period appeared frequently disguised as animals (camels, rhinoceros, lions, tigers).

LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France, Paris

DANCE FORM: classical ballet, theatrical, stage

KEYWORDS: court