Poster for ‘Le Moulin Rouge’
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1891
In the centre, the famous cancan dancer Louise Weber, nicknamed La Goulue. The man in the top hat is her dance partner, Jacques Renaudin, better known as Valentin le Désossé. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as RP-P-1954-57; its record gives material recorded as paper; technique color lithography; measurements height 1728 mm x width 1226 mm. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- paper
- Technique
- color lithography
- Measurements
- height 1728 mm x width 1226 mm
- Dimensions museum
- height 1728 mm x width 1226 mm
Identification
- Original title
- Affiche voor ‘Le Moulin Rouge’
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- RP-P-1954-57
- Museum classification
- poster · print
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: this record describes a single museum object; confirm the wider type, attribution, dimensions, marks and catalogue references against poster and printing-history references.