Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00011495La Saltarelle
About the Artwork
During the 15th century, La Saltarelle was a popular Neapolitan court dance named for its particular leaping step, after the Italian verb saltare (to jump). Lively and merry, it was played in a fast triple meter. In the 19th century, the saltarello was featured in the Carnival celebrations preceding Lent in Rome. After witnessing the Roman Carnival of 1831, the German composer Felix Mendelssohn incorporated the dance into the finale of one of his masterpieces, the Italian Symphony.
Inscriptions
Signed in black ink, lower right: Dom. Papety
Provenance
Shepherd Gallery, New York City, October 1978
Exhibition history
Themes and Variations: Musical Drawings and Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 25-May 17, 2015).
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Dominque Louis Papety (French, 1815–1849)
- Date
- 1800s
- Medium
- watercolor and gouache with selective gum glazing over a faint graphite underdrawing
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 25.4 x 35.7 cm (10 x 14 1/16 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- Bequest of Muriel Butkin
- Accession no.
- 2010.171
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