Mezzetin, ca. 1718–20, Oil on canvas, 21 3/4 x 17 in. ( x cm), Paintings, Antoine Watteau (French, Valenciennes 1684

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Mezzetin, ca. 1718–20, Oil on canvas, 21 3/4 x 17 in. ( x cm), Paintings, Antoine Watteau (French, Valenciennes 1684–1721 Nogent-sur-Marne), Mezzetin, a stock comic character of the Italian commedia dell'arte, became an established performer on the Paris stage. Various players were engraved in his costume, which by about 1680 comprised a jacket and knee-britches, a floppy hat, a ruff, and a short cape

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