Marie Taglioni (facsimile signature)
1840
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1840
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Marie Taglioni (facsimile signature) is a 1840 by Jules Bouvier, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This print shows Marie Taglioni, a famous 19th-century ballerina, in a scene from a ballet called *La Gitana*. The work is by Jules Bouvier and dates to about 1840. It’s a Romantic-era print held at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Taglioni’s role was a twist: she played a child stolen by gypsies and raised in their ways. She danced a Spanish-style solo, using castanets to signal the style. Critics loved her graceful take on a fiery Spanish dance. Check out *La Sylphide* next.
The print depicts Marie Taglioni performing a Spanish dance in a moonlit forest scene from the ballet *La Gitana*. She stands on her right foot in an arabesque position, with her left arm curved above her head and her right arm bent at chest level, holding castanets in both hands. Taglioni wears a brown off-the-shoulder bodice laced down the front, puffed white sleeves with brown lappets, and a knee-length diaphanous skirt trimmed with brown and yellow flowers. The background features a rocky gorge with a bridge over a waterfall, a fallen tree, and scattered flower sprays.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Jules Bouvier made 19th-century lithographs that turned leading ballet dancers into star prints.
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