An anonymous caricature of the aging Auguste Vestris, possibly published between the time of his last Paris Opéra première, in Pierre Gardel's ballet L'Enfant prodigue, April 28, 1816, and his official farewell, September 27, 1816. Depicts Vestris as an old man with large beak-like nose and exaggerated muscular development of limbs. The dancer, wearing a short sheer tunic trimmed with flowers, is on left demi-pointe with right leg extended effacé en avant. Cf. Lifar, Serge. Auguste Vestris, le dieu de la danse, 1950. Reproduction of the caricature and watercolor upon which it was based.; Le do
An anonymous caricature of the aging Auguste Vestris, possibly published between the time of his last Paris Opéra première, in Pierre Gardel's ballet L'Enfant prodigue, April 28, 1816, and his official farewell, September 27, 1816. Depicts Vestris as an old man with large beak-like nose and exaggerated muscular development of limbs. The dancer, wearing a short sheer tunic trimmed with flowers, is on left demi-pointe with right leg extended effacé en avant. Cf. Lifar, Serge. Auguste Vestris, le dieu de la danse, 1950. Reproduction of the caricature and watercolor upon which it was based.; Le doyen des Zéphirs; ou Le roi des voltigeurs
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