File:Lacoste, Lesage, La Font - La Princesse de Carizme act1sc2 - césar.jpg

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Robert Bonnart (1652–1729), artist
François (II) de Poilly (1671–1723), engraver, or possibly François (III) de Poilly (1671–1741)
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English: Act 1 scene 2 of the 3-act opéra-comique La Princesse de Carizme with a libretto in prose by Alain-René Lesage and Joseph de la Font [Lafont] (1686 – 20 March 1725) and music consisting of vaudevilles arranged by Louis de La Coste [Lacoste] (1675-1753), first performed at the Foire Saint-Laurent in July 1718 and repeated on 17 August. The influence of Italian commedia dell'arte on this French piece is revealed by the presence of Harlequin, identifiable by his characteristic motley costume.
Date 1721 (publication)
Medium engraving
Source/Photographer http://cesar.org.uk/cesar2/imgs/images.php?fct=edit&image_UOID=363038
Original publication: Le Sage; D'Orneval (1721). Le Theatre de la foire (p. 94, vol. 3 of 3 volumes). Paris: Ganeau. Reproduced from a copy at the Taylor Institution Library, Oxford (cat. no. U.N.S.157.H.19 ). View a digital reproduction of copy from Ghent University at Google Books.

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  • Additional info on the influence of commedia dell'arte from: Londré, Felicia Hardison (1991). The History of World Theatre: From the English Restoration to the Present, p. 59. New York: Continuum. ISBN 9780826404855.
  • Artist life dates from: Bénézit, E. (1976). Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs (nouvelle édition). Paris: Librairie Gründ. ISBN 9782700001495.

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