Melle Zina Richard,
1860
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1860
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Melle Zina Richard, is a 1860 by Marie-Alexandre Alophe, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This print shows a scene from the ballet *Marco Spada*, created around 1860. It’s part of the Impressionist and Realist movements, blending lively theater with everyday life. The print was made at a time when Paris Opera ballets loved wild plots. This one had bandits, love mix-ups, and a stage trick that lifted thirty people to reveal a hidden cavern below. The ballet’s wild magic made dancers carry charms to avoid bad luck. Check out more prints by Alophe, Marie-Alexandre at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
The lithograph depicts Melle Zina Richard in a role from the ballet *Marco Spada*, standing with her right foot forward, arms lowered and hands clasped, her head turned slightly to the left. She wears a pale pink off-the-shoulder dress with a pointed bodice, trimmed with pleated bands and bows, paired with a full bell-shaped skirt over a white underskirt, the hem of the outer skirt frilled and caught up on the right side. A pale pink cap adorns her hair, and her pose suggests a moment of stillness in the performance. The print is part of the series *Les Danseuses de l'Opéra*, published around…
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French lithographer who printed theater stars on silky paper in the 1860s. His prints capture ballerinas in *La Sylphide* and *Marco Spada*, Mademoiselle Fiocre in a Florentine drama, and Mademoiselle Plunkett twirling…
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