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Grove Music Online
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JÉRÔME DE LA GORCE: 'Gillot, Claude', Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy (Accessed 5 October 2001), http://www.grovemusic.com :
"Gillot, Claude (b Langres, 28 April 1673; d Paris, 4 May 1722). French painter and designer. The son of an embroiderer, Gillot was attracted by the decorative arts and the theatre. He was at first involved with the Comédie-Italienne but seems to have begun his career in Paris at the Opéra, where he and the younger Jean Berain had ‘the conduct of the scenery, machinery and costumes’(according to a letter written by Cronström, 26 June 1712). From about 1697 he was the assistant of Jean Berain the elder. […] His designs for operatic productions are known principally from a series of engravings showing his 1721 costumes for the opéra-ballet Les élémens by Lalande and Destouches. […]"
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