p4698

ARTIST: Giovanni Galli-Bibiena (Italy, 1717-1760) (drawing); Johann Andreas Pfeffel (engraving)

TITLE OF WORK: Masked ball in the Vienna Riding School (Maskenball in der Wiener Hofreitschule)

TYPE OF WORK: Print, copper engraving, colored

DATE: 1744

DIMENSIONS: 50.9 x 67.3 cm

COMMENTS: The dance shown is probably a contradance. The ball marked the celebrations for the wedding of Archduchess Maria Anna with the Duke Karl von Lothringen, on 12/01/1744.

LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Austria

DANCE FORM: court