Three Dancing Mummers, Including a Jester, plate 4 from "The Masquerades"

Workshop of Jacques de Gheyn II Netherlandish
After Jacques de Gheyn II Netherlandish
1595–96
Not on view
Composition of three masked figures, two depicted from the front and one from the back. The group of two figures on the left side of the print, a jester embracing a masked and bearded man, is depicted facing the viewer. The figure on the right turns his back to the viewer, but has an animal mask attached to the back of his head, making it seem as though he is looking at the other two figures.

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Object Information
  • Title: Three Dancing Mummers, Including a Jester, plate 4 from "The Masquerades"
  • Series/Portfolio: The Masquerades
  • Artist: Workshop of Jacques de Gheyn II (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1565–1629 The Hague)
  • Artist: After Jacques de Gheyn II (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1565–1629 The Hague)
  • Date: 1595–96
  • Medium: Engraving; first state of three
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 9 7/16 × 6 9/16 in. (23.9 × 16.7 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
  • Object Number: 49.95.1229(4)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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