Tableau vivant with the four seasons during feast at Versailles, Israel Silvestre, 1664 Canvas Print

Tableau vivant with the four seasons during feast at Versailles, Israel Silvestre, 1664 Canvas Print

In a gazebo of the Garden of Versailles, a tableau is performed for Louis XIV and his company in which the Four Seasons - symbolized by animals from the king's menagerie - appear. In the middle, Pan and Diana sit on a structure shaped like a rock with trees. Pan is played by Molière, Diana by Mlle de Béjart. On either side of the rock the animals that are supposed to represent the seasons: to the right of it a horse (spring) and an elephant (summer); to the left of it a camel (autumn) and a bear (winter). In addition to the animals servants with large bowls on their heads. For this scene three groups of musicians. In the foreground is the royal company, seen on the back. Underneath the performance a drapery with the title on it.

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