Pasquariello Truonno and Meo Squaquara, plate 20 from "Balli di Sfessania" (Dance of Sfessania)

ca. 1621–22

Not on view

From a series of 24 plates designed in Florence and published in Nancy. The figures depicted are Italian performers, dancing the "Sfessania."

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Title: Pasquariello Truonno and Meo Squaquara, plate 20 from "Balli di Sfessania" (Dance of Sfessania)
Series/Portfolio: Balli di Sfessania
Artist: Jacques Callot (French, Nancy 1592–1635 Nancy)
Publisher: Israel Silvestre (French, Nancy 1621–1691 Paris)
Date: ca. 1621–22
Medium: Etching; second state of two (Lieure)
Dimensions: Sheet: 4 x 4 3/4 in. (10.1 x 12 cm)
Plate: 2 13/16 x 3 5/8 in. (7.2 x 9.2 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Bequest of Edwin De T. Bechtel, 1957
Object Number: 57.650.305(20)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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