Callot figures; a dwarf man playing the drum at left, a beefeater in center, a flute player to right,'Six grotesques' (Six pièces de figures grotesques), 1684, Etching, plate: 5 3/8 x 7 11/16 in. (13.6 x 19.6 cm), Prints, Agostino Mitelli II (Italian, 1671–1696), After François Collignon (French, Nancy ca. 1610–1687 Rome), After Stefano della Bella (Italian, Florence 1610–1664 Florence), Agostino Mitelli, the son of the well-known printmaker Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, had a brief career as a printmaker in Bologna. This print is part of set of six etchings after Stefano della Bella that represent a type of caricature that was very popular in the seventeenth century
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Callot figures, dwarf man playing, drum, left, beefeater, center, flute player, right, Six grotesques, pièces de figures, 1684, Etching, plate, 5 3/8 x 7 11/16, 13.6 19.6 cm, Prints, Agostino Mitelli II, Italian, 1671–1696, After François Collignon, French, Nancy ca., 1610–1687, Rome, Stefano della Bella, Florence, 1610–1664, Mitelli, son, well, printmaker Giuseppe, Maria, Mitelli, brief career, printmaker, Bologna, print, part, set, six etchings, Stefano della, Bella, represent, type, caricature, popular, seventeenth century
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