Costume design for Phosphorus in "Daphne, persecuted by the love Apollo into a laurel tree"
Fine Arts
Inventory number
2021.8.10.12.FA.GR.1903.RUAuthor:
UNIDENTIFIEDDescription
Original drawing in graphite, ink, gouache and watercolor on card stock, representing a man wearing an Ancient Greek robe with red cape, ornamental headband, and high boots with Greek key design on the top, and holding a long green scepter.The costume was created for Phosphorus caracter (morning star), played by S. P. HESSEL (also known as S.P. SERGEEV) [С. П. Гессель / С. П. Сергеев] in "Daphne, persecuted by the love Apollo into a laurel tree" [Дафнис , гонением любовного Аполлона в древо лявровое превращенная] theatrical play by Society of Art and Literature [Общество искусства и литературы] in 1903 under the direction of Sergey SHAMBINAGO and N.N. ARBATOV.
Materials
Watercolor on paperGraphite
Ink
Gouache
Origin
1903 Russian EmpireDimensions
Length : 16 cmHeight : 23.5 cm