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Third day – Disintegration of the palace and enchantments of the Island of Alcine, represented by a fireworks display
(Troisieme Journée – Rupture du Palais et des enchantemens de l'lsle Alcine reprefentée par u feu d’artifice)
(1664)
plate 9 from the Les Plaisirs de L'Isle Enchantée, ou les festes, et les divertissments du Roy, à Versailles, Diviséz en trois journeés, et commencéz le 7me jour de May de l’année 1664 (The Pleasures of the Enchanted Isle, or the festivities and amusements of the King at Versailles, divided in three days commencing on the 7th of May 1664) series (1664)
Medium
etching and engraving
Measurements
28.0 × 41.9 cm (image) 28.2 × 42.5 cm (plate) 45.5 × 59.0 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mr George Collins Levey, 1879
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Paris, France
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Le Blanc 774; Faucheux 318.9 iii/iii; Preaud 922.9 iii/iii
Edition
3rd of 3 states
Printing/Publishing
published by l’Imprimerie Royale, Paris (c. 1673)
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.c.: Troisieme Journée
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: Rupture du Palais et des enchantemens de l'lsle Alcine reprefentée par u feu d’Artifice
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: Israel. silvestre, del, et Sculps.
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: 9
Accession Number
p.183.84-1
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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