Ninias and Semiramis.
Gouache, gold highlights and watercolor.
9 x 11,5 cm (at sight)
Accidents and restorations.
Handwritten mention on the back of the frame:
"Portrait of LeKain and Miss Dumenil.
Original miniature by Whirsker for a plate of the series illustrating "Les Métamorphoses de Melpomène et Thalie" 1770.
16 miniatures of the same series were sold in 1875 at the (...)
Scene from Voltaire's Semiramis. "
Gilded wood frame.
From an engraving by Whisker illustrating "Les métamorphoses de Melpomène et de Thalie, ou Caractères dramatiques des comédies françoise et italienne" published in 1772.
Performance of act 4, scene IV, played at the Comédie Française:
Ninias (LeKain):
Cease at every word you will find death.
Sémiramis (Mlle Dumenil):
Do not hesitate to clear up this doubt which overwhelms me.
Do not resist me any more, or I believe you guilty.
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