ARTIST: Anton Ignaz Melling (Germany, 1763-1831) (drawing)
TITLE OF WORK: View of the central part of the village Buyuk-Déré, on the European coast of the Bosphorus (Vue de la partie centrale du village Buyuk-Déré, sur la rive européenne du Bosphore)
TITLE OF WORK: Décor design for the ballet "Comus"
TYPE OF WORK: Painting
DATE: 1942
COMMENTS: "Comus", masque in one act and two scenes after Milton, choreography by Robert Helpmann, music by Purcell arranged by Lambert, design by Oliver Messel. First performance by the Sadler's Wells Ballet a
TITLE OF WORK: Mandrin - knight of Valjoly and Dona Juana in the loge of La Camargo at the Opéra (Maandrin - chevalier de Valjoly et Dona Juana dans la loge de la Camargo à l'Opéra)
TYPE OF WORK: Print
DATE: 1879
DIMENSIONS: 12 x 15 cm
COMMENTS: "La Camargo", comic opera in 3 acts, by A. Vanloo and E. Leterrier, music by Ch. Lecocq; presented at the Théâtre de la Renaissance, Paris
TITLE OF WORK: Statuette of a woman with a kithara. Terracotta
TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, statuette, terracotta with white slip and polychromy (pink, purple, red)
DATE: -200
DATE DETAILS: BC approx.
DIMENSIONS: 19.8 x 8.3 cm
COMMENTS: Twisting her body into an ecstatic pose, a woman dances while playing a lyre. Terracotta statuettes like this one were very popular in the Hellenistic period. Made in sites throughout the Greek world,
LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Ancient, Greece, Sicily, Italy
TITLE OF WORK: Komastes dancers. Attic black-figure Komast cup
TYPE OF WORK: Painting, terracotta black-figure vase
DATE: -580
DATE DETAILS: BC approx.
DIMENSIONS: 9.7 x 26.1 cm
COMMENTS: Six komasts or revelers dance around the sides of this Athenian black-figure cup. Participants in the singing and dancing after a symposion or drinking party, komasts were a particularly fitting decor
ARTIST: Johann Baptist Sonderland (Germany, 1805-1878) (drawing); Eduard Schuler (engraving)
TITLE OF WORK: Great ballroom and concert hall in the Conversationshause in Baden-Baden (Grosser Ball- und Konzert-Saal im Conversationshause in Baden-Baden)
TITLE OF WORK: Costume design for the ballet "Suzanna and the Barber": Don Basilio
TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, gouache, India ink and pencil on red paper
DATE: 1956
DIMENSIONS: 49.2 x 31.1 cm
COMMENTS: From the collection of Ruth Page. The ballet "Suzanna and the Barber" on music by Rossini arranged by Isaac Van Grove, choreography by Ruth Page and decors and costumes by Antoni Clavé, was first prod
