TITLE OF WORK: Musician playing the barbitos, a form of lyre. Nude dwarf dancing
TYPE OF WORK: Painting, terracotta, red-figure vase
DATE: -450
DATE DETAILS: BC approx.
DIMENSIONS: 18.7 cm diam.
COMMENTS: Type of vase: Oinochoe, chous (jug) of the Attic classical period. The tall komast advances deliberately, playing the barbitos, a form of lyre. His head is wreathed, his cloak and a chous are slung ov
ARTIST: Charles Maurand (France, 1824-1904) (drawing)
TITLE OF WORK: Episode from a costumed ball given by Her Majesty the Empress. Bees ballet, arrival of the hives (Episode du bal costumé donné par S. M. l'Impératrice. Ballet des abeilles, l'arrivée des ruches)
COMMENTS: Inscribed "B. Hoetger" on the base. Hoetger saw Fuller perform at the Universal Exhibition of 1900 in Paris. Here he evokes one of her dances, first presented at the Théâtre de l'Athénée, Paris, 1901.
TITLE OF WORK: Satyr holding a drinking cup. Attic red-figure cup
TYPE OF WORK: Painting on pottery, red-figure attic cup
DATE: -480
DATE DETAILS: BC approx.
DIMENSIONS: 8.2 x 25.9 x 19.4 cm
COMMENTS: A satyr holding a drinking cup decorates the interior of this Athenian red-figure cup. Satyrs, part-human, part-animal companions of Dionysos, the god of wine, were a popular and fitting decoration fo
TITLE OF WORK: Denarius of Apollonia bearing three Nymphs or Graces dancing in a circle around an altar
TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, relief, silver coin
DATE: -50
DATE DETAILS: BC approx.
DIMENSIONS: 2 cm diam.
COMMENTS: 1st century BC. Head of Apollo on the obverse. The two end dancers hold torches. The dancers should be identified as devotees of god, Muses, Nymphs or Graces, well-known for their love of music and da
TITLE OF WORK: The festival of Saint-John in front of Notre-Dame
TYPE OF WORK: Print, woodcut
DATE: 1879
DIMENSIONS: 8.4 x 22 cm
COMMENTS: Grand-Théâtre de Lyon. Etienne Marcel, opéra en 4 actes, paroles de M. Louis Gallet, musique de M. C. Saint-Saens. La fête de la Saint-Jean au parvis de Notre-Dame.
