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Frontispiece by Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635)

Medium

etching

Dimensions

sheet: 7.9 × 10.2 cm · platemark: 7.2 × 9.3 cm

Classification

Print

Department

Prints

Museum

Cleveland Museum of Art

Credit

John L. Severance Fund

Accession Number

1991.97

Rights

Public Domain

Tags

male

About this artwork

This is the title page from a series of 24 etchings connected with the commedia dell'arte, a form of comic theater developed in Italy during the 1500s. The actual title and inscriptions are related to a carnival song and dance from Naples.

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