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Frontispiece
Jacques Callot1621
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Jacques Callot (French, 1592-1635)
Frontispiece from Balli di Sfessania, 1621
Etching and engraving
John L. Severance Fund 1991.97
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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Details
- Title: Frontispiece
- Creator: Jacques Callot (French, 1592-1635)
- Date Created: 1621
- Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 7.9 x 10.2 cm (3 1/8 x 4 in.); Platemark: 7.2 x 9.3 cm (2 13/16 x 3 11/16 in.)
- Provenance: purchased from (Jan Johnson, Montreal, Quebec)
- Type: Print
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.97
- Medium: etching
- State of work: I/III
- Series: Balli di Sfessania
- Inscriptions: center, in plate(below figures poking through the curtains): Benemia Cucurucu ; across bottom, in plate(below three main figures): lucia mia. Bernoualla. Che buona mi sa. ; across bottom, in plate(in margin): BALLI DI SFESSANIA / di Jacomo Callot / Jac. Callot In. fe. ; upper center, in pen and brown ink: 48
- Department: Prints
- Culture: France, 17th century
- Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund
- Collection: PR - Etching
- Accession Number: 1991.97
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