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

Publisher Israel Silvestre French
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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Object Information
  • 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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