Les Noces de Pélée et de Thétis

This depiction of a performance of the ballet The Marriage of Peleus and Thetis conveys an impression of how elaborately ballet performances were staged at the court of Louis XIV. The group of seven in the centre is surrounded by figures of the gods: on the left is Hera in a chariot pulled by a pair of peacocks, on the right a female figure is sitting among the clouds, while Zeus, the father of the gods, is enthroned at the very top.

Israël Silvestre (1621–1691), engraving after François Francart, Les Noces de Pélée et de Thétis, Act I, Scene 3, 1654; image source: http://gallica.bnf.fr, Permalink: http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84043203/f1.