id:			156180
accession number:	1991.97
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.97
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:12.944000

Balli di Sfessania: Frontispiece, 1621. Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635). Etching; 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.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1991.97

title:				Frontispiece
title in original language:	
series:				Balli di Sfessania
series in original language:	
creation date:			1621
creation date earliest:		1621
creation date latest:		1621
current location:		
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	France, 17th century
technique:	etching
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Etching
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Lieure (2) 11.27.379

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CREATORS

* Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635)  - artist

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measurements: 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.)
state of the work:	I/III
edition of the work: 	

support materials:

	description:	laid paper
	watermarks:	

inscriptions:

	inscription:	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 
	translation:	
	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620
	opening date:   1997-08-03T00:00:00
	<i>Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 3-October 26, 1997).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Cleveland, Ohio:  The Cleveland Museum of Art; 8/3/97 - 10/26/97.  "Mannerism:  Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620."', 'opening_date': '1997-08-03T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	purchased from (Jan Johnson, Montreal, Quebec)
	date: 
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cox, Paul, "Purim Carnevale", Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em>. Vol. 44 no. 03, March 2004
	page number: 	Mentioned & reproduced: p. 7
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2004-03/page/6

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IMAGES

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