Première journée, Les plaisirs de l'isle enchantée: course de bague: collation ornée de machines, comedie, meslée de danse et de musique ballet du palais d'Alcine, feu d'artifice et autres festes galantes et magnifiques, Le Pautre, Jean, 1618-1682, Silvestre, Israël, 1621-1691, Silvestre, Israël, 1621-1691, Etching, engraving, 1664-1674, The banquet for the King, Queen, and Queen-Mother was served at night on the first day of the fête Les plaisirs de l'isle enchantée in Versailles on May 6, 1664. Dressed as gardeners, harvesters, vintners and trembling old men, figures personifying the Four Seasons are shown carrying platters laden with food. They march to the sound of violins towards the crescent-shaped table. Captions/inscriptions: Israel Siluestre, deline, et sculpsit parisiis--in lower left corner and 6--in lower right corner.
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Première journée, Les plaisirs, de, l'isle, enchantée, course de bague, collation ornée, de, machines, comedie, meslée de danse, et, de, musique, ballet, du, palais, d'Alcine, feu d'artifice, et, autres, festes, galantes, et, magnifiques, Le Pautre, Jean, 1618-1682, Silvestre, Israël, 1621-1691, Silvestre, Israël, 1621-1691, Etching, engraving, 1664-1674, banquet, King, Queen, Queen-Mother, served, night, first day, fête Les, plaisirs, de, l'isle, enchantée, Versailles, 6, 1664, Dressed, gardeners, harvesters, vintners, trembling old, men, figures personifying, Four Seasons, shown carrying, platters, laden, food., march, sound, violins towards, crescent-shaped table, Captions/inscriptions, Israel Siluestre, deline, et sculpsit, parisiis, lower, left, corner, 6, lower, right, corner
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