TITLE OF WORK: A carnival Sunday morning at the Chinese Tower in the English Garden of Munich (Pfingstsonntag-Morgen am chinesischen Turm im Englischen Garten zu München)
COMMENTS: From the book by Cesare Negri "Le gratie d'amore", Milano 1602, p. 118. The Spagnoletto was a choreography by Cesare Negri, a "balletto a quatro dell' autore, detto lo spagnoletto, ballano due cavalie
TITLE OF WORK: "Ballet de la Douairière de Billebahaut": Entry of the Grand Can and his followers ("Ballet de la Douairière de Billebahaut": Entrée du Grand Can et ses suivants)
TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, pen, wash and gouache, touched with gold
DATE: 1626
DIMENSIONS: 28.7 x 44 cm
COMMENTS: Entry of the Great Khan, plaaayed by M. de Liancourt, whom the Tartars invite to join their dance
TITLE OF WORK: King Bahram and the Princess of Europe
TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, manuscript illumination, miniature
DATE: 1650
COMMENTS: The Pavillion of the Seven Princesses (Haft Peykar) was written on 1197 by Nezami. It relates the story of king Bahram, who had built seven pavillions, one for each princess of a different region of t
LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Persia, Ispahan, Iran, Europe
TITLE OF WORK: Fox-trot, perfume in fashion. Arys, supplier… 3 rue de la Paix, Paris (Fox-trot, parfum à la mode. Arys, fournisseur… 3 rue de la Paix, Paris)
TITLE OF WORK: Dancing dwarf with swinging phallus. Hellenistic bronze statuette
TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, statuette, bronze
DATE: -140
DATE DETAILS: BC approx.
DIMENSIONS: 6.5 cm height
COMMENTS: Found in Egypt. Groteskfigur mit riesigem, zwischen den Beinen nach hinten schwingendem Phallus, kurzen Beinen und großem Kopf. Der Zwerg dreht sich im Tanz, in den Händen hält er Klapperstäbe (nur li
LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Ancient, Greece, Hellenistic
