Marie Taglioni in L'Ombre
1840
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1840
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Marie Taglioni in L'Ombre is a 1840 by Unknown, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
The painting shows a ballet dancer on stage. She's dressed in a flowing skirt and tutu. The dancer is Marie Taglioni, a famous ballerina, and this print is from a ballet called L'Ombre, which was choreographed for her. The story of the ballet is pretty dramatic - it's about a murdered heroine who haunts her lover. To learn more about this kind of print, look up the technique: chiaroscuro.
