Kostuum van Mont-Joie, wapenkoning uit het drama Louis XI à Péronne 1826

Louis Boulanger created this costume study of Mont-Joie for the drama Louis XI à Péronne using graphite and watercolor. The figure is centered, drawing immediate focus to the verticality of the staff and the soft curves of the banner. Note how the colour palette, dominated by muted purples and pinks, creates a somber tone, hinting at the gravity of the character's role as a herald. Boulanger uses line and colour to define the texture of the fabrics and the weight of the garments, but beyond realism, the artist engages with the semiotics of theatre. The costume becomes a signifier of power and identity within the play's world. Boulanger uses these visual elements to explore the intersection of personal identity and theatrical representation, and we are left to contemplate how clothing, in both art and life, constructs and communicates meaning.