Petipa dans le Diable à quatre 1861

This 1861 carte-de-visite by André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri features the dancer Marius Petipa in a series of poses, showcasing his costume from the ballet “Le Diable à quatre.” Disdéri's innovative photographic process allowed for the creation of multiple identical images on a single sheet, a popular format for capturing performance and personal portraiture in the mid-19th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art houses this album page within their collection. The album page measures 10 3/8 × 13 3/4 in. (26.3 × 35 cm) and the images themselves 7 3/8 × 9 1/4 in. (18.8 × 23.5 cm).