TITLE OF WORK: Turcos soldiers dancing around a hearth where they throw gunpowder (Turcos dansant autour d'un foyer dans lequel ils jettent de la poudre)
TYPE OF WORK: Print, woodcut
DATE: 1859
DIMENSIONS: 14 x 22.5 cm
COMMENTS: Memories from the War of Italy. Turcos dancing around a hearth in which they through powder.
TYPE OF WORK: Painting on ceramic, faience de Delft
DATE: 1760
DATE DETAILS: approx.
COMMENTS: Design "décor de petit feu" decorating "le fond d'une jatte". In Delft, Hoppensteyn developed the "technique du petit feu" in his workshop "La tête du Jeune Maure", producing the "gilted delft".
TITLE OF WORK: Dance of the negroes in Government Square, Algiers. 1st of May, King's Feast (1er mai - Fête du roi à Alger - Danse de nègres sur la place du Gouvernement)
TITLE OF WORK: Portrait of Madame Geismar. Presumed
TYPE OF WORK: Painting, oil on canvas
DATE: 1795
DATE DETAILS: approx.
DIMENSIONS: 31 x 24 cm
COMMENTS: Inscribed at the back "Portrait de Madame Geismar paf Fragonard". French school, around 1800. One of a pair of paintings, the other being "La fuite à dessein"
TITLE OF WORK: Celebration at the Liberal Arts Circle - Entry of the ball (Fête au Cercle des Arts Libéraux - Entrée de bal)
TYPE OF WORK: Print, woodcut
DATE: 1881
DIMENSIONS: 8.8 x 11 cm
COMMENTS: "Une entrée de bal à la cour d'Henri III", divertissement historique reglée par Mlle Fonta: courante, gavotte champenoise, pavane, volte à six etc.
TITLE OF WORK: Costume design for the ballet "L'oiseau de feu": The Tsarevitch
TYPE OF WORK: Painting
DATE: 1910
COMMENTS: "L'oiseau de feu", Théâtre National de l'Opéra, Paris; décor & costumes by Alexandre Golovine, costumes by Leon Bakst, choreography by Michel Fokine