Jacques Callot
Title Plate from the Series “Balli di Sfessania”
1620
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet (trimmed within platemark): 71 × 91 mm. (2 13/16 × 3 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Alfred R. and Henry G. Riggs in Memory of General Lawrason Riggs
Object Number
1941.11
Purchased by Knoedler (NY dealer) for Riggs in 1930 at Boerner Sale; Balli set, Pantaloons set, and Fair
Inscribed: RECTO: at lower edge of image: "lucia mia Bernoualla Che buona mi sa"; at lower center, below image: "BALLI DI SFESSANIA/di Jacomo Callot"; at lower left, in plate: "Jac. Callot In. fe." VERSO: at lower left, in graphite: "K8714"; at lower center, in graphite: "C19916"; at center, in graphite: "641"
