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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

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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