The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 28, 2024

Frontispiece

Frontispiece

1621
(French, 1592–1635)
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.)
Catalogue raisonné: Lieure (2) 11.27.379
Location: not on view

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.
  • purchased from (Jan Johnson, Montreal, Quebec)
  • Cox, Paul, "Purim Carnevale", Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 44 no. 03, March 2004 Mentioned & reproduced: p. 7 archive.org
  • Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 3-October 26, 1997).
    Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 8/3/97 - 10/26/97. "Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620."
  • {{cite web|title=Frontispiece|url=false|author=Jacques Callot|year=1621|access-date=28 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1991.97