Jean Martin Baptiste costume design engravings, ca. 1763-1779.

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Jean Martin Baptiste costume design engravings, ca. 1763-1779.

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14 hand-colored costume design engravings from the set designed and engraved by Martin: Cahier de Costumes de Théâtre and for the later version Gallerie des modes et costumes français, dessinés d'après nature. Most are matted.

1 box (.5 linear feet)

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Opéra de Paris.

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Martin, Jean Baptiste, fl. 1748-1757.

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Jean Baptiste Martin was a French costume designer. Few facts are known about him: he was the immediate successor of François Boucher at the Paris Opéra from July 1748 until 1757 or 1758... He designed costumes for opéras-ballets by Rameau and revivals of Lully and Charpentier. The Mercure reported, in July 1763, the appearance of Martin’s Collection de figures theatrales (20 colored engravings), ‘six years after he retired’. They portray Driade, Indienne, Incas, Hercule, Flore, Paysan, Paysanne...