Fanny Elssler (La Cachucha)
Fanny Elssler (La Cachucha)
Fanny Elssler (La Cachucha)
Fanny Elssler (La Cachucha)
Fanny Elssler (La Cachucha)
Fanny Elssler (La Cachucha)
Fanny Elssler (La Cachucha)
Fanny Elssler (La Cachucha)
Fanny Elssler (La Cachucha)
Fanny Elssler (La Cachucha)

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Fanny Elssler (La Cachucha),

ca. 1836

Jean-Auguste Barre, French, 1811–1896
Founders: Robert, Eck and Durand
2012-48
The sculptor Jean-Auguste Barre created bronze statuettes for a French bourgeois clientele in addition to his official commissions. The Austrian ballerina Fanny Elssler, an icon of the Paris ballet, was best known for her performance of La Cachucha in the 1836 ballet Le Diable Boîteux (The Lame Devil). "La Cachucha," a Spanish folk dance, became popular during a period of Romantic fascination with Spain and the seductive and sensuous appeal of Spanish women. In contrast to the later dancers of Edgar Degas, Elssler is shown as a celebrity renowned for her dances in a folk idiom, illustrating the Romantic influence on early nineteenth-century French ballet.

Information

Title
Fanny Elssler (La Cachucha)
Dates

ca. 1836

Maker
Jean-Auguste Barre
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
28.6 x 12.7 x 12.4 cm (11 1/4 x 5 x 4 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund
Object Number
2012-48
Inscription
Inscribed on front of terrace: Fanny Elssler
Marks/Labels/Seals
Foundry mark on back of terrace
Culture
French
Type
sculpture, statues
Materials
bronze
Subject
ballet dancers, figures (representations), women

David and Constance Yates; 2012 purchase by Princeton University Art Museum.

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