File:Philippe Chaperon - Meyerbeer - Les Huguenots Act I (1896).jpg

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Summary

Description

English: Les Huguenots: sketch of the opera set for the first act (1896). Pen, watercolour and gouache; 380 x 442 mm. For the Théâtre national de l'Opéra - Palais Garnier production of 7 June 1897. See also File:Meyerbeer Huguenots ActI maquette AugusteRubéPhilippeChaperon.jpg, a model of the set.

Français : Les Huguenots: esquisse de décor de l'Acte I (1896). plume, aquarelle et gouache ; 380 x 442 mm

Deutsch: Les Huguenots: Skizze aus dem Jahr 1896 für die Aufführung des Ersten Akts am 7. Juni 1897 im Pariser Opernhaus Opéra Garnier. Feder, Aquarell und Gouache; 380 x 442 mm. Siehe auch das Bühnenbild File:Meyerbeer Huguenots ActI maquette AugusteRubéPhilippeChaperon.jpg.

Date

1896

Source

Bibliothèque nationale de France

Author



Alternative names	Philippe Chaperon; Philippe-Marie Chaperon
Description	French painter and decorator
Date of birth/death	2 February 1823	21 December 1906
Location of birth/death	Paris	Lagny-sur-Marne
Authority file	: Q26241155 VIAF: 70691093 ISNI: 0000000121021925 ULAN: 500235822 LCCN: n97860056 SUDOC: 148459439 WorldCat

Émile Chaperon (1868–1946)
Alternative names	Émile-Alphonse Chaperon
Description	French scenographer, painter and decorator son of Philippe Chaperon
Date of birth/death	17 March 1868	26 September 1946
Location of birth/death	Paris	Confolens
Authority file	: Q61684913 VIAF: 10109287 BNF: 146533083

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Date of birth	8 June 1979
Location of birth	United States of America

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Licensing

The author died in 1946, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 75 years or fewer.

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