Frontispiece (1621): Art, History and Details
Frontispiece at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1621, etching. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Frontispiece (1621) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635).
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
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.
Object facts
- Title: Frontispiece
- Date: 1621
- Creator attribution: Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635)
- Culture: France
- Type: Print
- Technique: etching
- 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.)
- Collection: PR - Etching
- Department: Prints
- Accession number: 1991.97
Collection credit
John L. Severance Fund
Further reading listed by the museum
- Cox, Paul, "Purim Carnevale", Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 44 no. 03, March 2004
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See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
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