30. Jean-François Janinet (1752-1814)
after Claude-Jean-Baptiste Hoin (1750-1817)
Nina ( Mme. Dugazon in "La Folle par Amour ")

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Janinet: Nina

Nina ( Mme. Dugazon in "La Folle par Amour ")

Color lavis-manner engraving, 1787, 385 x 261 mm., Portalis et Béraldi 35, Model 504, ex collection : Murray Hornibrook (Lugt 1873c). Louise-Rosalie Lefèvre, afterwards Mme. Dugazon (1755-1821), was, in the eighteenth century, an idol of the French stage. Having first appeared at the Comédie Italienne as a singer and actress in 1774 (she had appeared earlier as a dancer), she achieved instant popularity for her attractive, soubrette-like character. But it was when she created the role of Nina, the woman driven to madness through lost love, that she totally conquered Paris and made insanity a fashion. The authors, Marsollier for the libretto, Dalayrac the music, thought they were producing a daring, experimental and theatrically hazardous work. Instead, largely due to Dugazon, they found themselves with a triumph. A fine impression with subtle colors, on laid paper trimmed within the platemark but with ample blank area around the image and text. Rare and beautiful.

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