Image: François-Joseph Bélanger - Set design for Gluck's Alceste

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Description: Set design for the 1776 première of the French version of Christoph Willibald Gluck's Alceste. Note Hercules in the left foreground, wearing the lionskin that traditionally marks him; He did not appear in the original Italian libretto, and only appears in Act III of the revised. 420 x 510 mm (artwork) ; 470 x 640 mm (full) Pen, black and brown inks, bistre wash, black chalk.
Title: François-Joseph Bélanger - Set design for Gluck's Alceste
Credit: Gallica
Author: François-Joseph Bélanger
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