Callot figures; a dwarf man playing the drum at left, a beefeater in center, a flute player to right,'Six grotesques


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. ( x 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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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
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