ALEJANDRO MARTÍNEZ PÉREZ

Projets de costumes de théâtre pour la représentation donnée en l’honneur du mariage de l’infante Marie-Louise de Bourbon avec l’archiduc Léopold de Habsbourg-Lorraine à l’ambassade du marquis d’Ossun à Madrid (1764)

On the occasion of the theatrical performance offered by the French ambassador, Pierre-Paul d’Ossun, to the Spanish Court in 1764, to commemorate the marriage between the Infanta Maria Luisa of Bourbon and the Archduke Leopold of Augsburg-Lorraine, Charles de La Traverse designed a set of costumes exceptional both for their originality and uniqueness within the History of Art. Our study analyzes this set of drawings, as well as the socio-cultural circumstances in which it was conceived, paying special attention to the artist – Charles de La Traverse -, gentleman of the ambassador’s chamber and authentic rococo genius.