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- Museum number
- Mm,3.45
- Title
- Object: Décoration du bal masqué donné par le roi
- Description
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Ball room at Versailles with the masked ball held on 25 February 1745 on the occasion of the marriage of Louis, Dauphin of France to Maria Theresa of Spain; Louis XV and his companions are disguised as yew trees, and the woman dressed as a pilgrim next to them may be the Marchioness of Pompadour. 1746
Etching
- Production date
- 1746
- Dimensions
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Height: 472 millimetres
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Width: 773 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Masked ball given by the King in the Grande Galerie du Château de Versailles, on the evening of 25-26th February 1745, for the marriage of the Dauphin. Drawn from life by the younger Cochin and engraved by the elder, his father, in 1746.
Other impressions, see 1937,0508.2, 1947,1011.24, and 1951,0420.3.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Associated Event: Marriage of Louis XV and Marie-Therese, Infanta of Spain 1745
- Acquisition date
- 1818
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- Mm,3.45
