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PESNE, Antoine (b. 1683, Paris, d. 1757, Berlin) |
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Marianne Cochoisc. 1750Oil on canvas, 79 x 107 cm Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin | |
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Marianne Cochois was the première danseuse at the Berlin Opera since 1742. Frederick the Great found her equal to Terpsichore, muse of the Dance. The painter was influenced by Lancret's Camargo Dancing which was known at the Prussian court. | |
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