COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
07385
Record number:
07385-124
JCB call number:
E834 D288v / 3-SIZE
Image title:
Décoration du Ballet Historique Donné au Théatre de la Cour, à Rio de Janeiro, le 13 Mai 1818, à l'occasion de l'acclamation du Roi D. Jean VI et du mariage du Prince Royal D. Pedro, son fils.
Creator 1:
Jean Baptiste Debret
Creator 1 dates:
1768-1848
Creator 1 role:
delt.
Creator 2:
Thierry frères
Creator 2 role:
lith. de
Place image published:
[Paris]
Image publisher:
[Firmin Didot Frères]
Image date:
[1839]
Image function:
plate 39; vol. 3, following p. 204
Technique:
lithograph
Image dimension height:
21.6 cm.
Image dimension width:
34.9 cm.
Page dimension height:
53.5 cm.
Page dimension width:
34 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Description:
Allegorical representation of Brazil's and Portugal's king, João VI and the joining of his son Dom Pedro (future Pedro I, emperor of Brazil) and Archduchess Maria Leopoldina of Austria. João VI in royal robes and crown is supported by personifications of the three parts of his empire, Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarves. Below this group and on either side of the altar of Hymen, are kneeling figures of Hymen and Love carrying portraits of the betrothed prince and archduchess and the interlaced initials of the royal pair. Below this at the right is Neptune carrying his trident and the flag of the united empire. To the left is Venus's shell being drawn by two swans guided by Cupid. In the shell are the three graces who hold the shields of the two nations being united by marriage. In the background at top are Jupiter or Zeus (left with eagle), Minerva or Athena, Neptune, other mythological gods, Mercury, Juno (right with peacock), and Apollo. Includes dolphins, quiver of arrows, armor, spears, floral garlands, wreaths, doves, scepter, and globe.
Source creator:
Debret, Jean Baptiste, 1768-1848
Source Title:
Voyage pittoresque et historique au Brésil ... Tome troisième.
Source place of publication:
Paris
Source publisher:
Firmin Didot Frères, imprimeurs de l'Institut de France, libraires, rue Jacob, no. 56.
Source date:
M DCCC XXXIX. [1839]
notes:
Dom Pedro and Archduchess Leopoldina were married in 1817.The lithographs in this book were made from drawings made by Debret during his fifteen-year residence (1816-1831) in Brazil. Debret himself designed this theatrical decoration.Image placed horizontally on page.
Time Period:
1801-1850
Visual categories:
Emblems
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1874.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
Brazil
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject headings:
Theaters--Stage-setting and scenery--Brazil
Subject headings:
Pedro I, Emperor of Brazil, 1798-1834
Subject headings:
Leopoldina, Empress, consort of Pedro I, Emperor of Brazil, 1797-1826
Subject headings:
John VI, King of Portugal, 1767-1826--Coronation
Décoration du Ballet Historique Donné au Théatre de la Cour, à Rio de Janeiro, le 13 Mai 1...
