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Frontispiece
Balli di Sfessania
Frontispiece
1621
Jacques Callot
(French, 1592–1635)
Etching
Support: Laid paper
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.)
John L. Severance Fund 1991.97
Catalogue raisonné: Lieure (2) 11.27.379
State: I/III
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Description
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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