The opera "Messalina" at Bordeaux

Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1900-1901
Height:
99.1 cm  (39 in.)
Width:
72.4 cm  (28 1/2 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

Additional titles

L'opéra Messaline ou théâtre de Bordeaux
Messaline descend l'escalier bordé de figurants

    Item location

  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art
    Mr. and Mrs. George Gard de Sylva Collection[Museum inv. no.: M.46.8.3]

Description

Depiction of and opera scene with a Roman soldier (?Hélion) watching Messaline (title character) descending an elaborate staircase; another soldier and many female characters also visible.

Image URLs

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Bibliographic references

Martin-Mery, Gilberte. L'art et la musique: Galerie des Beaux-Arts, Bordeaux, 30 mai-30 septembre 1969 (Bordeaux: Delmas, 1969) 67-68, no. 115, pl. 54. RILM 1969-99.

RIdIM record id

1569