ARTIST: Theodor de Bry (Flanders, 1528-1598) (engraving)
TITLE OF WORK: How the Indians made me dance in front of the hut containing their idols, called "tamerkas"
TYPE OF WORK: Print, color
DATE: 1592
COMMENTS: Based on the account of Hans Staden, who sailed to Brazil in 1550 and was captured by the Tupinambas. He was held prisoner for 9 months, until he was bought by a French merchant.
TITLE OF WORK: Costume design for the ballet "Le tricorne"
TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, color
DATE: 1919
COMMENTS: Ballet "Le tricorne"; first performed at the Alhambra Theatre, London, on 22/07/1919. Distribution: Léonide Massine (The miller), Tamara Karsavina (The miller's wife), Léon Woizikowsky (The corregidor
TITLE OF WORK: The cakewalk in son country of origin. The kangaroo step in a negro ball in the U.S.A. (Le cake-walk dans son pays d'origine. Le pas du kangurou dans un bal nègre aux Etats-Unis)
TITLE OF WORK: "The tobacco ballet" ("Il tabacco baletto", Abdala and Mussa)
TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, manuscript illumination, miniature, color
DATE: 1650
COMMENTS: "Il tabacco balletto", alle dame l' ultimo giorno di Carnevale, primo di Marzo, mille sei cento cinquanta. Ballato in Torino (A ballet presented in Turin on 01/03/1650, last day of Carnival). The Toba
LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Italy, Torino, Turin, Venezuela
ARTIST: Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne (Netherlands, 1589-1662)
TITLE OF WORK: Peace celebration with dance
TYPE OF WORK: Painting, oil on wood
DATE: 1616
DIMENSIONS: 62 x 112 cm
COMMENTS: The painting shows the Archduke of Austria Albrecht VII (1559-1621) dancing a pavane with his wife Isabella of Spain. The occasion is the conclusion of a 12-year peace between Austria and the Netherla
LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Flanders, Holland, Belgium, Austria
