COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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The AMICA Library
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AMICA ID:
AIC_.1940.59R
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AIC_.1940.59R
AMICA ID
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AMICA Library Year:
2001
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2001
AMICA Library Year
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Object Type:
Drawings and Watercolors
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Drawings and Watercolors
Object Type
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Creator Name:
Callot, Jacques
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Callot, Jacques
Creator Name
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Creator Nationality:
European; French
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European; French
Creator Nationality
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Creator Role:
Artist
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Artist
Creator Role
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Creator Dates/Places:
French; 1592-1635
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French; 1592-1635
Creator Dates/Places
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Creator Name-CRT:
Jacques Callot
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Jacques Callot
Creator Name-CRT
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Title:
Sketches for the Balli di Sfessania
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Sketches for the Balli di Sfessania
Title
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Title Type:
preferred
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preferred
Title Type
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Title:
Sketches of Dancers
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Sketches of Dancers
Title
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Title Type:
alternate
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alternate
Title Type
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Title:
Sketches of Ballet Dancers
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Sketches of Ballet Dancers
Title
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Title Type:
alternate
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alternate
Title Type
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Title:
Grotesque Dancers: Eight Studies of Characters from the "Commedia dell'Arte
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Grotesque Dancers: Eight Studies of Characters from the "Commedia dell'Arte
Title
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Title Type:
alternate
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alternate
Title Type
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View:
full view
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full view
View
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Creation Date:
1616/19
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1616/19
Creation Date
false
Creation Start Date:
1616
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1616
Creation Start Date
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Creation End Date:
1619
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1619
Creation End Date
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Materials and Techniques:
Red chalk, on buff laid paper
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Red chalk, on buff laid paper
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Classification Term:
Drawing
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Drawing
Classification Term
false
Classification Term:
Prints and Drawings
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Prints and Drawings
Classification Term
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Creation Place:
Europe,France
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Europe,France
Creation Place
false
Dimensions:
214 x 288 mm
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214 x 288 mm
Dimensions
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AMICA Contributor:
The Art Institute of Chicago
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The Art Institute of Chicago
AMICA Contributor
false
Owner Location:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
Owner Location
false
ID Number:
1940.59R
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1940.59R
ID Number
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Credit Line:
The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of the Print and Drawing Club
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of the Print and Drawing Club
Credit Line
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Rights:
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<a href="http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html"target="_new">http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html</a>
Rights
false
Context:
The "Balli di Sfessania" are among Callot's most celebrated works. On the one hand, they have been viewed as the quintessential Callot, representative of his highly personal artistic fantasy. On the other hand, they have served the historian as documents on the history of theatrics; the figures are modeled on characters from the Italian comedy genre, commedia dell'arte, and the works seem inspired by street entertainments common in Italy at carnivals and other festivities. The title is also the name of a popular dance of the Neapolitan carnival. The twenty-four etchines of the "Balli di Sfessania" are dated around 1621, shortly after Callot returned to France. The series is composed in the artist's technically sophisticated manner, creating a great sense of depth in the images by using the slanted echoppe, various other types of needles, and repeated bitings of the plate.
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The "Balli di Sfessania" are among Callot's most celebrated works. On the one hand, they have been viewed as the quintessential Callot, representative of his highly personal artistic fantasy. On the other hand, they have served the historian as documents on the history of theatrics; the figures are modeled on characters from the Italian comedy genre, commedia dell'arte, and the works seem inspired by street entertainments common in Italy at carnivals and other festivities. The title is also the name of a popular dance of the Neapolitan carnival. The twenty-four etchines of the "Balli di Sfessania" are dated around 1621, shortly after Callot returned to France. The series is composed in the artist's technically sophisticated manner, creating a great sense of depth in the images by using the slanted echoppe, various other types of needles, and repeated bitings of the plate.
Context
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Related Image Identifier Link:
AIC_.D14126.tif
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AIC_.D14126.tif
Related Image Identifier Link
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