Finding aid for the Italian theater prints, ca. 1550-1983 P980004
Rose Lachman and Karen Meyer-Roux.
Special Collections
2004
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Contributing Institution: Special Collections
Title: Italian theater prints
Identifier/Call Number: P980004
Physical Description: 21 box(es)21 boxes, 40 flat file folders ca. 677 items (623 prints, 13 drawings, 23 broadsides, 16 cutouts, 1 pamphlet, 1 score)
Date (inclusive): circa 1550-1983
Abstract: The Italian theater prints collection documents the development of stage design, or scenography, the architecture of theaters,
and the iconography of
commedia dell'arte characters and masks.
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Language of Material: Italian.
Key to Entries
Abbreviations include: s.l. = sine loco, s.n. = sine nomine, s.d. = sine datum, Im. = image, Pl. = plate mark, Sh. = sheet,
Mt. = mount.
Measurements are in centimeters. For suites of prints, only one, usually the title leaf or the first print, has been measured.
Frequently quoted reference sources include the following:
- Bartsch = Bartsch, Adam von,
Le peintre graveur (Vienne : J. V. Degen, 1803-1821)
- Duchartre = Duchartre, Pierre-Louis,
La comédie italienne (Paris : Librairie de France, 1925)
- Guardenti = Guardenti, Renzo,
Gli Italiani a Parigi : la Comédie Italienne (1660-1697) : storia, pratica scenica, iconografia (Rome : Bulzoni, 1990)
- Hollstein = Hollstein, F. W. H., et al.,
Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings, and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700 (Amsterdam, M. Hertzberger, 1949- )
- Lieure = Lieure, Jules,
Jacques Callot (New York : Collectors Editions, 1969)
- Weigert =
Inventaire du fonds français: graveurs du XVIIe siècle, par Roger-Armand Weigert et Maxime Préaud (Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, 1939- )
Scope and Content of Collection
The Italian theater prints collection forms part of the Italian theater collection, acquired in 1998. It documents the development
of stage design, or scenography, the architecture of theaters, and the iconography of
commedia dell'arte characters and masks.The collection is comprised of prints and several drawings of sets and architectural plans by Italian
Renaissance and Baroque scenographers, such as Bernardo Buontalenti, Giulio Parigi, Giacomo Torelli, Ferdinando Tacca, and
members of the Bibiena family. The collection also focuses on a specific theatrical genre: the
commedia dell'arte.
Commedia dell'arte characters and masks, performances, and roles played by well-known actors are represented. Included are etchings of
commedia dell'arte characters by prominent printmakers Jacques Callot, Henri and Nicolas Bonnart, and Charles-Nicolas Cochin. Reproductive prints
illustrate the reception of the œuvre of Claude Gillot, Antoine Watteau, and François de Troy. Printed ephemera also shed
light on the variety of uses of
commedia dell'arte imagery, and its social and historical context.
Arrangement note
The prints are organized in seven series:Series I. Stage and theater design, ca. 1550-ca. 1860Series II. Festivals, 1570-ca.
1759Series III. Portraits of actors, ca. 1599-ca. 1900Series IV. Commedia dell'arte, ca. 1560-ca. 1954Series V. Playbills,
1805-1983Series VI. Miscellaneous, ca. 1620-1815Series VII. Oversize materials, ca. 1685-1983
Separated Materials
All of the approximately 4380 secondary sources from the Italian theater collection were separated to the library. In addition,
ca. 1500 rare books, some of which are illustrated with prints, have also been separately housed, processed and cataloged.
A search using the term "Italian Theater Collection" while selecting the index "Provenance" from the pull-down menu in the
Research Library catalog will retrieve a list of these separated materials, in addition to the Italian theater prints collection-level
record and the full records for a number of suites of prints, described more briefly in this finding aid. A search in the
Builder Search pull down menu using the term "Italian Theater Collection" while selecting the index "Provenance" and using
the term "Prints collection" while selecting the index "Title" will retrieve the suites of prints inventoried in this finding
aid that are described more fully in individual records.
Processing History
The Italian theater prints collection was first processed in 1998 by Rose Lachman. Karen Meyer-Roux completed the processing
of the collection and wrote the present finding aid in 2004.
Acquisition Information
Acquired in 1998.
Preferred Citation
Italian theater prints, ca. 1550-1983, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession no. P980004.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifaP980004
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Opera -- 17th century
Prints -- Italy -- 16th century
Prints -- Italy -- 17th century
Opera -- Stage-setting and scenery
Prints -- Italy -- 18th century
Improvisation (Acting)
Festivals -- Italy
Commedia dell'arte
Ballet -- Stage-setting and scenery
Actors -- Portraits
Theater -- History -- 18th century
Theaters -- Designs and plans
Prints -- Italy -- 19th century
Broadsides -- Italy -- 19th century
Theater -- History -- 17th century
Cutouts -- Germany -- 18th century
Theater -- History -- 16th century
Cutouts -- Germany -- 20th century
Theaters -- Stage-setting and scenery
Drawings -- Italy -- 19th century
Stage machinery
Playbills -- Europe -- 19th century
Pantomimes
Prints -- France -- 17th century
Opera -- 18th century
Prints -- France -- 18th century
Magnani, Girolamo, 1815-1889
Jollain, François, 1641-1704
Huquier, Gabriel, 1695-1772
Grimaldi, J. S. (Joseph S.), -1863
Poisson, Raymond, -1690
Pasetti, Carlo, active 1639-1695
Parigi, Giulio, 1571-1635
Parigi, Alfonso, -1656
Della Bella, Stefano, 1610-1664
Dal Re, Marc'Antonio, 1697-1766
Costantini, Angelo, -1729 or 1730
Comédie-Italienne (Paris, France)
Gillot, Claude, 1673-1722
Galliari, Gaspare, 1761-1823
Galli Bibiena, Giuseppe, 1696-1757
Ferretti, Giovanni Domenico, 1692-1768
Théâtre-Italien (Paris, France)
Torelli, Giacomo, 1608-1678
Teatro mediceo degli Uffizi (Florence, Italy)
Teatro regio (Parma, Italy)
Troy, François de, 1645-1730
Vredeman de Vries, Hans, 1527-approximately 1604
Toscano, Angelica
Trouvain, Antoine, 1656-1708
Romagnesi, Marc'Antonio
Schenk, Peter, 1661-1711
Reiniger, Lotte
Ristori, Adelaide, 1822-1906
Teatro della Pergola
Teatro Farnese (Parma, Italy)
Spada, Valerio, 1613-1688
Tacca, Ferdinando, 1619-1686
Xavery, Gerard Jozeph
Watteau, Antoine, 1684-1721
Andreini, Francesco, approximately 1548-1624
Bonnart, Henri, 1642-1711
Bibiena, Ferdinando Galli, 1657-1743
Carter, Frederic
Carracci, Agostino, 1557-1602
Cochin, Charles Nicolas, 1688-1754
Chiavistelli, Jacopo, 1621-1698
Buontalenti, Bernardo, 1536-1608
Bonnart, Nicolas, 1637-1718
Carducci, Alessandro
Callot, Jacques, 1592-1635
Stage and theater design, Series I.
ca. 1550-ca. 1860
Container Summary: 5 boxes, 13 flat file folders 174 prints, 13 drawings
Scope and Contents note
The series comprises prints and drawings of sets, scenography, and designs for theaters by Italian Renaissance and Baroque
scenographers and architects. The series sheds light on the commissions that Bernardo Buontalenti, Giulio Parigi, his son
Alfonso Parigi, Jacopo Chiavistelli, and Ferdinando Tacca have received at the Medici court in Florence. It also documents
the work accomplished by Giacomo Torelli, Giovan Battista Balbi, and members of the Bibiena family at various European courts
and cities, notably in Paris, Prague, and Vienna. The series features several prints after designs by Northern European artists.
It is divided into two subseries: stage designs, and views, plans, and sections of theaters. For designs of pageants, tournaments,
and other festivals by these artists, see Series II.
Stage designs, Series I.A.
ca. 1550-ca. 1860
Container Summary: 4 boxes, 9 flat file folders 155 prints, 13 drawings
Scope and Contents note
The subseries includes complete suites of prints of stage designs for the performances of
Il giudizio di Parigi (Giulio Parigi, Florence, 1608),
La regina sant'Orsola (Giulio Parigi, Florence, 1625),
La flora (Alfonso Parigi, Florence, 1628),
La finta pazza (Giacomo Torelli, Paris, 1645),
Les noces de Pelée et de Thetis (Giacomo Torelli, Paris, 1654), and
Ercole in Tebe (Ferdinando Tacca, Florence, 1668). Northern European scenographers that are featured in this subseries include Hans Vredeman
de Vries and Martin Engelbrecht. The subseries is arranged chronologically.
box 1*, folder 1
[Perspectival stage set with townscape and statue of Marcus Aurelius]
[15--]
Container Summary: 1 print : engraving. Sh. 28 x 41.5
Scope and Contents note
Stage design with a townscape featuring a temple in the center. In the background, an artist seated on the steps of the central
temple is drawing the equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius. Inscription on pediment of building at right: SVNTVS CENSVM NONSVPERET.
Ref.:
The Renaissance from Brunelleschi to Michelangelo, no. 169
box 1*, folder 2
Sciena o' uero prospetiva uol' dire scenographia …Cartaro, Mario, designer
[15--]
Container Summary: 1 print : engraving. Im. 17.5 x 11.7; Pl. 17.8 x 12.4; Sh. 26.7 x 18.8
Scope and Contents note
The stage design with a townscape is inscribed in the lower left: Marius Cartarius inuentor. Three-line inscription in the
plate's lower margin, with below frame of image, three letters inscribed: P. / S. / F.
Not listed in Bartsch.
box 1*, folder 3
[Small architectural perspective views] Vredeman de Vries, Hans, designer; Cock, Hieronymus, publisher [Antwerp] : H. Cock excvdebat cvm privilegio regis, 1562.
1562
Container Summary: 6 prints : etching. Sh. 14.7 x 20.4
Scope and Contents note
Six prints from a suite comprised of a dedication plate to Antoine Perrenot, Cardinal de Granvelle, and 28 etchings of architectural
views. The impression of the prints is from the first state. The imprint is from the first print (Hollstein 78).
Ref.: Hollstein, vol. XLVII/pt. I, no. 78-79, 82, 85, 90, 96
box 1*, folder 4
[Apollo and the Python] Carracci, Agostino, etcher; Buontalenti, Bernardo, designer
[ca. 1589-1592]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching, engraving. Sh. 24.3 x 34.3
Scope and Contents note
Stage design for the third intermezzo of
La pellegrina performed at the Teatro mediceo degli Uffizi in Florence on the evening of May 2, 1589 in celebration of the wedding of Ferdinand
I de' Medici to Princess Christine of Lorraine.
State 1 (cf. De Grazia) Ref.: De Grazia, D.
Prints and related drawings, no. 153
box 1*, folder 5
[Intermezzi for La pellegrina in the Teatro mediceo degli Uffizi in Florence] Carracci, Agostino, etcher; Buontalenti, Bernardo, designer
[ca. 1589-1592]
Container Summary: 2 prints : etching, engraving. Pl. 24.7 x 34.8; Sh. 25.4 x 35.3
Scope and Contents note
Stage designs for the first and third intermezzi of
La pellegrina performed at the Teatro mediceo degli Uffizi in Florence on the evening of May 2, 1589 in celebration of the wedding of Ferdinand
de' Medici to Princess Christine of Lorraine. State 3 of
[Harmony of the spheres] with imprint erased (cf. De Grazia); State 2 of
[Apollo and the Python] with address: filippo Suchielli for Siena (cf. De Grazia)
Ref.: De Grazia, D.
Prints and related drawings, no. 153-154
box 1*, folder 6
[Scene of hell, possibly of Orpheus in hell] [ca. 1600?]
Container Summary: 1 drawing : ink on paper. Sh. 28 x 20
Scope and Contents note
The drawing shows a figure leaving a cave built into the rocks. Flames are rising from the waterway and buildings are burning.
The drawing was listed in the dealer's inventory as representing Orpheus in hell (Orfeo all'inferno) and possibly being related
to a performance of
Euridice in 1600. This opera by Jacopo Peri and Ottavio Rinuccini was performed at the Pitti Palace in Florence on Oct. 6, 1600 in
celebration of the wedding of Maria de' Medici to Henry IV, King of France. In ink: … scacciate ogni / speranza / ch' / entrate.
box 1*, folder 7
[Intermezzi for Il giudizio di Parigi at the Teatro mediceo degli Uffizi in Florence] Cantagallina, Remigio, etcher; Parigi, Giulio, etcher; designer
1608
Container Summary: 7 prints : etching. Im. 17.3 x 26.4; Pl. 18.8 x 26.6; Sh. 27.5 x 40.2
Scope and Contents note
Complete suite of prints comprising six etchings after the stage designs for the six intermezzi performed on Oct. 25, 1608
at the Teatro mediceo degli Uffizi in Florence in celebration of the wedding of Prince Cosimo de' Medici to Maria Maddalena
of Austria. Plate [7] titled
PROSPETTIVA DELLA SCENA IN CVI SI RAPPRESENTÒ Il GIVDITIO DI PARIDE (Bartsch 19) shows a set for
Il giudizio di Parigi or
The judgment of Paris.
Watermark: animal [horse?] within sphere with letters AN.
Ref.: Bartsch 13-19; Bellini, P., Carter Keach, M.
Italian masters of the seventeenth century, 44 [XX/pt. 1] of
The illustrated Bartsch, p. 216-222; Blumenthal, A.
Theater art of the Medici, no. 17-20, 22-25, p. 39-57
box 1*, folder 8
Primo intermedio della veglia della liberatione di Tirreno fatta nella sala delle comedie del ser.mo gran dvca de Toscana
il carnovale del 1616 dove si rap.va il monte d'Ischia con il gigante Tifeo sotto
Callot, Jacques, etcher; Parigi, Giulio, designer
[ca. 1617]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 27.3 x 20; Pl. 28.6 x 20.6; Sh. 31.6 x 23.4
Scope and Contents note
A representation of the performance of the play La liberazione di Terreno e d'Arnea or The liberation of Tyrrhenus and Arnea
held on Feb. 6, 1617 (1616 in "stile fiorentino") at the Sala delle commedie or Teatro grande known as the Teatro mediceo
degli Uffizi in Florence.
Ref.: Blumenthal, A.
Theater art of the Medici, no. 52, p. 111-112
box 1*, folder 9
[La regina sant'Orsola] Parigi, Alfonso, etcher; Parigi, Giulio, designer
1625
Container Summary: 6 prints : etching. Sh. 12.7 x 14.5
Scope and Contents note
Complete suite of prints issued with Andrea Salvadori's
La regina sant Orsola … (In Firenze : Per Pietro Cecconcelli, 1625) illustrating stage designs for the opera
La regina sant'Orsola or
Queen Saint Ursula first performed on Oct. 6, 1624 at the Teatro mediceo degli Uffizi in Florence in celebration of the visit of Archduke Karl
of Austria and again on Jan. 28, 1625 for the visit of Prince Ladislaus Sigismund of Poland.
Ref.: Bartsch 1-6; Bellini, P., Carter Keach, M.
Italian masters of the seventeenth century, 44 [XX/pt. 1] of
The illustrated Bartsch, p. 242-244; Blumenthal, A.
Theater art of the Medici, no. 68, p. 135-138
box 1*, folder 10
[La flora] Parigi, Alfonso, etcher; Rossi, Giovanni Giacomo de, publisher [Rome] : Gio: Iacomo de Rossi formis Romae alla Pace
[16--]
Container Summary: 6 prints : etching. Im. 17 x 27.7; Pl. 20.5 x 28.6; Sh. 24.4 x 37
Scope and Contents note
Complete suite of prints illustrating the stage designs for the opera
La flora or
The origin of flowers performed on Oct. 14, 1628 at the Teatro mediceo degli Uffizi in Florence in celebration of the wedding of Duke Odoardo Farnese
of Parma to Margherita de' Medici.
Imprint from plate [1].
Ref.: Bartsch 7-12; Bellini, P., Carter Keach, M.
Italian masters of the seventeenth century, 44 [XX/pt. 1] of
The illustrated Bartsch, p. 245-250; Blumenthal, A.
Theater art of the Medici, no. 70, p. 145-149
box 1*, folder 11
Le temple de Bacchus dans l'isle de Naxos, c'est une decoration du premier acte de l'opera de Venus ialouse representé a Venise Aveline, Pierre, etcher; Torelli, Giacomo, designer
[168-?]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 19.5 x 31.2; Pl. 21.6 x 31.8; Sh. 27.2 x 37.1
Scope and Contents note
Stage design for the first act of the opera
Venere gelosa or
Jealous Venus performed in 1643 at the Teatro novissimo in Venice. Inscription in the lower margin: ... . inventé par Jacques Torellj de
Fano en Italie, et gravé par Aueline a Paris. Watermark: AT.
box 1*, folder 12
Feste theatrali per La finta pazza drama del sig.r Givlio Strozzi rappresentate nel Piccolo Borbone in Parigi quest anno MDCXLV.
et da Giacomo Torelli da Fano inuentore dedicate ad Anna d'Avstria regina di Francia regnante cum priuilegio
Cochin, Nicolas, etcher; Torelli, Giacomo, designer
[ca. 1645]
Container Summary: 6 prints : etching. Im. 29.4 x 23.5; Pl. 31.1 x 24; Sh. 35.5 x 28
Scope and Contents note
Complete suite of plates comprising a title leaf and 5 etchings from
Feste theatrali per La finta pazza … ([Paris, 1645]) illustrating stage designs for the Paris production of Giulio Strozzi's opera
La finta pazza performed at the Théâtre du Petit-Bourbon in Paris on Dec. 14, 1645. The performance was dedicated to Queen Anne of Austria.
Binding holes in lower or left margins; watermark: a wheel.
Ref.: Bjurström, P.
Giacomo Torelli, p. 134-143
box 2*, folder 1
[Balletti d'invenzione nella Finta pazza] Spada, Valerio, etcher; Balbi, Giovan Battista, designer
[ca. 1645]
Container Summary: 6 prints : etching. Im. 8.5 x 14.8; Mt. 12.5 x 24 or smaller
Scope and Contents note
Plates, numbered 1 to 6, depicting the ballet of ostriches staged as the second entr'acte of the opera
La finta pazza performed on Dec. 14, 1645 at the Théâtre du Petit-Bourbon in Paris.
Ref.: Massar, P.D. "The prints of Valerio Spada-I",
Print quarterly, Sept. 1986, p. 217-223, no. 10-15, fig. 135-140
box 2*, folder 2
Scene e machine preparate alle Nozze di Teti balletto reale representato nella sala del Piccolo Borbone et da Giacomo Torelli
inuentore dedicate all eminen:tissimo prencipe cardinal Mazzarino
Silvestre, Israël, etcher; Francart, François, draftsman; Torelli, Giacomo, designer
1654
Container Summary: 10 prints : etching. Im. 32.6 x 23.3; Pl. 33.7 x 25.3; Sh. 35.6 x 27
Scope and Contents note
Complete suite composed of a title leaf and nine etchings illustrating stage designs for the opera and ballet
Les noces de Pelée et de Thetis performed at the Théâtre du Petit-Bourbon in Paris on April 14, 1654.
Binding holes in lower or left margins; watermark: a wheel.
Ref.: Bjurström, P.
Giacomo Torelli, p. 160-175
box 2*, folder 3
[Les noces de Pelée et de Thetis] Silvestre, Israël, etcher; Francart, François, draftsman; Torelli, Giacomo, designer
[1654]
Container Summary: 2 prints : etching. Sh. 22.7 x 30 and smaller
Scope and Contents note
Stage designs for the prologue and act II:1 of the opera and ballet
Les noces de Pelée et de Thetis performed at the Hôtel du Petit Bourbon in Paris on April 14, 1654. The stage design for the prologue shows Mount Pierien
(Parnassus) in the form of an arch on which Apollo is seated with nine Muses. In the foreground, the river gods Epidan and
Onochone are attended by Nereids. The stage design for the second act shows Prometheus chained and tormented by an eagle.
Collection mark in red on verso: WW in oval.
Ref.: Bjurström, P.
Giacomo Torelli, p. 160-175
box 2*, folder 4
[La vita humana overo Il trionfo della pietà] Galestruzzi, Giovanni Battista, etcher; Grimaldi, Giovanni Francesco, designer
1658
Container Summary: 3 prints : etching. Sh. 30.3 x 39.3 and smaller
Scope and Contents note
Plates from
La vita hvmana overo Il trionfo della pietà dramma mvsicale … (In Roma : Per il Mascardi, MDCLVIII) illustrating the proscenium arch, sipario and stage designs for the opera
La vita humana overo Il trionfo della pietà performed at the Palazzo Barberini in Rome on Jan. 31, 1656 in honor of Queen Christina of Sweden. Plate 2 shows the stage
design for the prologue and first act of the opera. Plate numbered 137 shows a stage design for the second act of the opera.
Ref.: Bjurström, P.
Feast and theatre in Queen Christina's Rome, p. 23-30, no. 22 (1-3)
box 2*, folder 5
[Ercole in Tebe] Spada, Valerio, etcher; Tacca, Ferdinando, designer; draftsman
[1661]
Container Summary: 12 prints : etching. Pl. 21.5 x 29.1; Sh. 22.8 x 33
Scope and Contents note
Complete suite of plates after stage designs for the opera
Ercole in Tebe or
Hercules in Thebes performed on July 12, 1661 at the Teatro dell'accademia degli Immobili in Florence in celebration of the wedding of Cosimo
de' Medici to Marguerite Luisa d'Orléans. The Teatro dell'accademia degli Immobili was subsequently known as the Teatro della
Pergola.
Ref.: Blumenthal, A.
Theater art of the Medici, no. 93
box 2*, folder 6
[Ercole in Tebe] Spada, Valerio, etcher; Tacca, Ferdinando, designer; draftsman
[1661]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 42.4 x 54.2; Pl. 43.5 x 55; Sh. 44.7 x 57.3
Scope and Contents note
Stage design for the finale of the opera
Ercole in Tebe or
Hercules in Thebes performed on July 12, 1661 at the Teatro dell'accademia degli Immobili in Florence in celebration of the wedding of Cosimo
de' Medici to Marguerite Luisa d'Orléans. The Teatro dell'accademia degli Immobili was subsequently known as the Teatro della
Pergola.
box 2*, folder 7
[Ercole in Tebe] Spada, Valerio, etcher; Tacca, Ferdinando, designer; draftsman
[1661]
Container Summary: 3 prints : etching. Im. 20.9 x 28; Pl. 21.6 x 29.1; Sh. 22.8 x 32.5 and smaller
Scope and Contents note
Three stage designs for the opera
Ercole in Tebe or
Hercules in Thebes performed on July 12, 1661 at the Teatro dell'accademia degli Immobili in Florence in celebration of the wedding of Cosimo
de' Medici to Marguerite Luisa d'Orléans. The stage designs are for the prologue featuring Gods seated on clouds, the design
showing Juno approaching the shore and scene with Hercules and Iole standing in front of monuments.
box 2*, folder 8
[Fedra incoronata, Antiopa giustificata, Medea vendicativa] Küsel, Matthäus, etcher; Amort, Caspar, draftsman; Santurini, Francesco, designer
[ca. 1662]
Container Summary: 4 prints : etching. Sh. 24.3 x 32.3
Scope and Contents note
Plates from Pietro Paolo Bissari's libretti published on the occasion of the festivities in honor of the christening of Maximilian
II Emanuel, son of Elector Ferdinand Maria of Bavaria and Princess Henriette Adélaïde of Savoy. One plate from the libretto
Fedra incoronata illustrates a stage design for the opera featuring Iris, Hebe, and Lucina resting on clouds and announcing
the birth of the new prince. Two plates show the floats and processioners for the tournament Antiopa giustificata. Watermak:
coat of arms with crown surmounted by sphere and cross, flanked by letters M & inverted C.
Ref.: Hollstein 207-233; Watanabe-O'Kelly, H.
Triumphall shews, p. 89-94
box 2*, folder 9
[Fedra incoronata, Antiopa giustificata, Medea vendicativa]
[ca. 1662?]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Sh. 25.4 x 32.5
Scope and Contents note
Plate possibly from Pietro Paolo Bissari's publications for the festivities staged in Munich in September 1662 in celebration
of the christening of Maximilian II Emanuel, son of Elector Ferdinand Maria of Bavaria and Princess Henriette Adélaïde of
Savoy.
Ref.: Hollstein 207-233; Watanabe-O'Kelly, H.
Triumphall shews, p. 89-94
box 2*, folder 10
Parte delle fiure del' balletto
[1662?]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Sh. 30 x 23
Scope and Contents note
Plan of figures of a horse ballet, possibly designed by Francesco Santurini.
box 2*, folder 11
[Il fuoco eterno] Küsel, Mathäus, etcher Burnacini, Lodovico Ottavio, designer
[ca. 1674]
Container Summary: 6 prints : etching. Im. 29.6 x 41.2; Pl. 29.8 x 41.2; Sh. 29.8 x 43
Scope and Contents note
Plates from Antonio Draghi's
Il fvoco eterno cvstodito dalle vestali … (In Vienna d'Avstria : Per Gio. Christoforo Cosmerovio …, 1674) illustrating stage designs for the opera
Il fuoco eterno (Acts I: 9, II: 9, 17, III: 1, 14, 17) performed on Oct. 30, 1674 at the Hoftheater in Vienna in celebration of the birth
of Princess Anna Maria, daughter of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, and Claudia Felicitas. Unidentified collection stamp in
red ink: WM intertwined within oval.
Ref.: Hollstein 234-246
box 2*, folder 12
[Il fuoco eterno] Küsel, Mathäus, etcher Burnacini, Lodovico Ottavio, designer
[ca. 1674]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching, hand col. Im. 25 x 40; Pl. 28.3 x 41.4; Sh. 32 x 43.7
Scope and Contents note
Plate from Antonio Draghi's
Il fvoco eterno cvstodito dalle vestali … (In Vienna d'Avstria : Per Gio. Christoforo Cosmerovio …, 1674) illustrating a stage design for the opera
Il fuoco eterno (Act I: 4) performed on Oct. 30, 1674 at the Hoftheater in Vienna in celebration of the birth of Princess Anna Maria, daughter
of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, and Claudia Felicitas. Ref.: Hollstein 234-246
box 2*, folder 13
[Influence of the seven planets] Harms, Johann Oswald, etcher
[ca. 1680]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 34.2 x 48.4; Pl. 34.7 x 48.8; Sh. 37.7 x 51.5
Scope and Contents note
A representation of the finale of the opera and ballet
The influence of the seven planets performed at the Comödien-Haus in Dresden on the evening of Feb. 3, 1678. It was commissioned by Johann Georg II, Elector
of Saxony, in honor of the visit of his brothers Duke August of Saxony-Weissenfels, Duke Christian of Saxony-Merseburg and
Duke Moritz of Saxony-Zeitz and their families. The print was issued in: Tzschimmer, Gabriel,
Die durchlauchtigste Zusammenkunfft, oder, Historische Erzehlung …(Nürnberg : In Verlegung Johann Hoffmanns …, 1680). The printmaker Johann Oswald Harms, a set designer, was nominated court
and principal theater painter at the court of Johann Georg II in 1677.
Ref.: Hollstein 12i; Watanabe-O' Kelly, H.
Triumphall shews, p. 119-120
box 3*, folder 1
[Il Greco in Troia] Westerhout, Arnold van, etcher Chiavistelli, Jacopo, designer
[ca. 1688]
Container Summary: 3 prints : etching. Sh. 22 x 31.8; Mt. 23.1 x 33.2
Scope and Contents note
Plates from the libretto
Il Greco in Troia festa teatrale rappresentata in Firenze … (In Firenze : Nella stamperia di S.A.S., 1688) illustrating stage designs for the opera
Il Greco in Troia (Act II: 1; III: 19; IV: 23) performed on Jan. 29, 1689 at the Teatro dell'accademia degli Immobili in Florence in celebration
of the wedding of Prince Ferdinando III de' Medici to Violante Beatrice, Princess of Bavaria. The Teatro dell'accademia degli
Immobili was subsequently known as the Teatro della Pergola.
box 3*, folder 2
[Il Greco in Troia] Westerhout, Arnold van, etcher Chiavistelli, Jacopo, designer
[ca. 1688]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 22.5 x 32.4; Pl. 23.2 x 33.2; Sh. 36.7 x 43.1
Scope and Contents note
Plate from the libretto
Il Greco in Troia festa teatrale rappresentata in Firenze … (In Firenze : Nella stamperia di S.A.S., 1688) illustrating a stage design for the opera
Il Greco in Troia (Act III: 23) performed on Jan. 29, 1689 at the Teatro dell'accademia degli Immobili in Florence in celebration of the wedding
of Prince Ferdinando III de' Medici to Violante Beatrice, Princess of Bavaria. The Teatro dell'accademia degli Immobili was
subsequently known as the Teatro della Pergola.
box 3*, folder 3
[La caduta del regno delle Amazzoni] Petrucci, Pietro Paolo, printmaker Bufalini, Francesco, printmaker; Specchi, Alessandro, printmaker; Fontana, Girolamo, designer
[ca. 1690]
Container Summary: 4 prints : etching. Im. 23.1 x 33.4; Pl. 23.7 x 34.3; Sh. 26.5 x 38.3
Scope and Contents note
Plates (from a suite of 12) issued with Giuseppe Domenico de Totis,
La caduta del regno dell'Amazzoni … (In Roma : Nella stamperia della Reuerenda Cam. Apost., 1690) and illustrating stage designs for the opera
La caduta del regno delle Amazzoni performed on Jan. 15, 1690 at the Palazzo Colonna in Rome in celebration of the wedding of Duchess Maria Anna of Pfalz-Neuburg
to King Carlos II of Spain. Ref.: Molinari, C.
Le nozze degli dèi, no. 234
box 3*, folder 4
[La caduta del regno delle Amazzoni] Petrucci, Pietro Paolo, printmaker; Fontana, Girolamo, designer
[ca. 1690]
Container Summary: 1 print : engraving, watercolor and gouache. Sh. 26 x 36.1
Scope and Contents note
Plate (from a suite of 12) issued with Giuseppe Domenico de Totis,
La caduta del regno dell'Amazzoni … (In Roma : Nella stamperia della reuerenda cam. apost., 1690) and illustrating a stage design for the opera
La caduta del regno delle Amazzoni performed on Jan. 15, 1690 at the Palazzo Colonna in Rome in celebration of the wedding of Duchess Maria Anna of Pfalz-Neuburg
to King Carlos II of Spain.
Ref.: Molinari, C.
Le nozze degli dèi, no. 234
box 3*, folder 5
[Untitled] Abbati, Pietro Giovanni, etcher; Bibiena, Ferdinando Galli, designer
[17--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Sh. 35 x 24.1
Scope and Contents note
A representation of the interior of a building decorated with sculptures of atlantes. Inscription in the lower margin: INV:
FERDINANDO BIBIENA ARCH DEL:o / PIETRO GIOANI ABATI FECE.
box 3*, folder 6
Veduta della prima scena auanti l'opera due templi l'uno della Virtù l'altro dell'Onore Grado, Francesco de, etcher Del Po, Giacomo, designer In Napoli : P(er) Francesco Ricciardo stampatore di Sua Eminenza il
sig.r vice ré
[172-]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Pl. 35.2 x 44.6; Sh. 37.6 x 48.5
Scope and Contents note
Stage design for an opera commissioned by Graf Michael Friedrich von Althann, viceroy of the Kingdom of Naples, in celebration
of the birthday of Empress Elisabeth Christine.
box 3*, folder 7
[Medo] Vezzani, Jacopo, etcher; Natali, Giovanni Battista, draftsman; Righini, Pietro, designer
[ca. 1728]
Container Summary: 5 prints : etching. Im. 20.7 x 28.4; Sh. 21.3 x 28.4
Scope and Contents note
Five prints after stage designs for the opera Medo performed in 1728 at the Teatro ducale di Parma on the occasion of the
wedding of Antonio Farnese to Enrichetta d'Este. The plates are titled:
Atrio della reggia,
Bagni,
Grotta d'incanti,
Corpo di guardia reale,
Reggia magnifica.
Ref.:
Civiltà teatrale e settecento emiliano, p. 223-238
box 3*, folder 8
[Untitled] Engelbrecht, Martin, publisher
[17--]
Container Summary: 6 prints : etching, hand col. on paper and cardboard. Im. 7.3 x 9; Sh. 10.8 x 14.5
Scope and Contents note
Miniature theater composed of six prints with cutouts suggesting the perspective view of a room with people conversing, eating,
and drinking coffee or tea. Inscribed and numbered in brown ink from 1 to 6.
box 3*, folder 8
[Fortezza in mare] Engelbrecht, Martin, publisher
[17--]
Container Summary: 6 prints : etching, hand col. on paper and cardboard. Im. 9.5 x 14; Sh. 11 x 15.5
Scope and Contents note
Miniature theater composed of 6 prints with cutouts that suggest the perspective view of a port city with ships in a harbor.
Inscribed in lower center of last print: 6. Title from annotation in brown ink on verso of etching no. 6.
box 3*, folder 8
[Innocenti] Engelbrecht, Martin, publisher[Augsburg] : Mart. Engelbrecht excud. A. V.
[17--]
Container Summary: 3 prints : etching, hand col. on paper and cardboard. Im. 9.3 x 14.1; Sh. 11.5 x 16
Scope and Contents note
Miniature theater composed of three prints with cutouts that suggest the scene of the Massacre of the Innocents. Inscribed
on third print in lower center of image: 6. Annotations in brown ink on verso: Innocenti / …
box 3*, folder 8
[Veduta dell'adorazie [?] de Remaggi] Engelbrecht, Martin, publisher
[17--]
Container Summary: 2 prints : etching, hand col. on paper and cardboard. Im. 9.1 x 14; Sh. 10.6 x 15.5
Scope and Contents note
Incomplete set (numbered "R") of miniature theater composed of two prints with cutouts that suggest the perspective view of
a road leading to a town with horses, cattle, and two figures in the foreground. Inscribed in lower center on second image:
6; in ink below both images: R. Annotated in brown ink on verso: Veduta dell'Adorazie [?] de Remaggi.
box 3*, folder 8
[Untitled] Engelbrecht, Martin, publisher[Augsburg] : Mart. Engelbrecht excud. A. V.
[17--]
Container Summary: 2 prints : etching, hand col. on paper and cardboard. Im. 9.3 x14; Sh. 11 x 15.8
Scope and Contents note
Incomplete set of miniature theater numbered "6D" composed of two prints with cutouts that suggest the perspective view of
a courtyard with figures gathered on a balcony. Inscribed in lower center of image: 6.D. Inscribed in lower margin: Cum Priv.
Maj.
box 3*, folder 9
[Untitled] Kleiner, Salomon, etcher; Galli Bibiena, Giuseppe, designer
[ca. 1740]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 28.5 x 49.2; Sh. 34 x 50.5
Scope and Contents note
Plate from
Architetture e prospettive … (1740) illustrating a stage design that features a piazza surrounded by buildings, with an obelisk and ruins in the foreground.
Inscribed in lower right: 35.
box 3*, folder 10
Scena della festa teatrale in occasione delli sponsali del principe reale di Polonia ed elettorale di Sassonia Galli Bibiena, Giuseppe, designer
[ca. 1740]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching, engraving. Im. 30.5 x 46; Sh. 37 x 49.5; Mt. 42 x 57.2
Scope and Contents note
Plate from
Architetture e prospettive … (1740) illustrating a set designed for an opera performed on Aug. 20, 1719 in Dresden in celebration of the wedding of Frederick
Augustus III, Elector of Saxony, to Maria Josepha of Austria. The set represents a long hall that is lined by sculptures.
Inscribed, lower left: 9; upper right: P.II. Inscribed in the lower margin: Joseph Galli Bibiena … / J.A. Pfeffel S. C. …
box 3*, folder 11
[Untitled] Pfeffel, Johann Andreas, etcher; Galli Bibiena, Giuseppe, designer
[ca. 1740]
Container Summary: 1 print : engraving. Im. 32 x 49.4; Sh. 39 x 52
Scope and Contents note
Plate, numbered V and 8, from
Architetture e prospettive … (1740) illustrating a stage design showing a garden in which two figures stand on either side of a fountain. Inscribed in
the lower margin: Joseph Galli Bibiena Sac. Caes. … / J. A. Pfeffel S. C. M. …
box 3*, folder 12
Scena d'inuenzione e disegno del caualier Bibiena rappresentante giardino reale con ringhiere Galli Bibiena, Giuseppe, designer
[17--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching, engraving. Im. 31.5 x 48.7; Pl. 36.5 x 50.5; Sh. 42.5 x 57.7
Scope and Contents note
Stage design that features a garden with two figures standing on either side of a fountain. It is derived from a plate issued
in:
Architetture e prospettive (1740). Inscribed in the lower margin: J.G. Bibiena Inven. et delin. / A.O. sculp. The initials A.O. are possibly those of
Anton Ospel (1677-1765), or more likely those of Ambrogio Orio (1737-1825).
box 3*, folder 13
Scena d'inuenzione e disegno del caualier Bibiena rappresentante sala reale Galli Bibiena, Giuseppe, designe
[17--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching, engraving. Im. 32.3 x 49; Pl. 36.7 x 51; Sh. 42.5 x 57.7
Scope and Contents note
Stage design possibly for an opera performed in celebration of the wedding of Charles Albert of Bavaria to Maria Amalia Josepha
of Prague. Inscribed: AO. sculp: The initials are more likely those of Ambrogio Orio (1737-1825), or possibly those of Anton
Ospel (1677-1765).
box 4*, folder 1
Het treurspel Demophontes, vertoond op den Amsterdamschen Schouwburg voor hunne doorluchtige en koningklyke hoogheden, den
eersten juny 1768
Fokke, Simon, etcher [Amsterdam] : J. Smit, excudit.
[1768]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching, engraving. Im. 26.7 x 37.8; Pl. 30.2 x 40.3; Sh. 40.9 x 54.4
Scope and Contents note
Scene from the tragedy Demophoon (Act IV: 3) performed on June 1, 1768 at the Amsterdamse Schouwburg. Inscribed in the lower
margin: S. Fokke, ad viv. del et fecit./ J. Smit, Excudit. Impressions of the etching were issued with the festival book describing
the entry into Amsterdam of William V, Prince of Orange:
'T Verheugd Amsterdam, ter gelegenheid van het plegtig bezoek hunner doorlugtige en koningklyke hoogheden, Willem, prinse
van Oranje en Nassau …
(Amsterdam, Yntema en Tieboel, l768).
box 4*, folder 1
Afbeelding der vorstelyke loge, opgericht in den Amsteldamschen Schouwburg, ter gelegenheid dat hunne doorb: en koningkl:
hoogheden den zelven voor de eerste maal bezigtigden. den eersten juny, 1768
Fokke, Simon, etcher [Amsterdam] : J. Smit, excudit.
[1768]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching, engraving. Im. 27.5 x 39.5; Pl. 30.7 x 41; Sh. 38 x 47.6
Scope and Contents note
Auditorium of the Amsterdamse Schouwburg, seen from the stage, with a view of the royal loge for a performance held on June
1, 1768. Inscribed in the lower margin: S. Fokke, ad viv. del. et fecit./ J. Smit, Excudit. Impressions of the etching were
issued with the festival book describing the entry into Amsterdam of William V, Prince of Orange: Jan Wagenaar,
'T Verheugd Amsterdam, ter gelegenheid van het plegtig bezoek hunner doorlugtige en koningklyke hoogheden, Willem, prinse
van Oranje en Nassau ...
(Amsterdam, Yntema en Tieboel, l768).
box 4*, folder 1
Het bosch te Amsterdam : By J. Smit, met privilegie
[17--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 27.5 x 39.2; Pl. 28.8 x 41; Sh. 42.5 x 56.5
Scope and Contents note
Scene with Melpomene and Thalia performed at the Amsterdamse Schouwburg. It was printed from several plates: one for the inscription
below the image, one for the auditorium and proscenium (Pl. 28.8 x 41), one with irregular contours for the stage performance
itself (Pl. 14.6 x 27). Watermark: D & C BLAU / IV.
box 4*, folder 1
De berg van Parnas te Amsterdam : By J. Smit, met privilegie
[17--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 27.5 x 39; Pl. 29 x 41; Sh. 42 x 57
Scope and Contents note
Scene featuring Mount Parnassus performed at the Amsterdamse Schouwburg, printed from several plates: one for the inscription
below the image, one for the proscenium and auditorium (Pl. 29 x 41), one with irregular contours for the stage performance
itself (Pl. 14.7 x 27). Watermark: D & C BLAU / IV.
box 4*, folder 1
Het nieuwe hofportaal te Amsterdam : By J. Smit, met privilegie
[17--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 27.7 x 39; Pl. 29 x 41; Sh. 40.7 x 57.6
Scope and Contents note
Scene performed on stage at the Amsterdamse Schouwburg, printed from several plates: one for the inscription below the image,
one for the proscenium and auditorium (Pl. 29 x 41), one with irregular contours for the stage performance itself (Pl. 14.6
x 27). Watermark: shield with letters D & C / B.
box 4*, folder 2
Gefængnis für die Schaubühne Schlicht, Abel, aquatinter
1786
Container Summary: 1 print : etching, aquatint, brown ink. Im. 27.3 x 38.4; Sh. 32.3 x 41
Scope and Contents note
Stage design after a drawing by a member of the Bibiena family that represents the interior of a prison. Inscription in the
lower margin: ... nach einer original Zeichnung von Bibiena durch A. Schlicht zu Mannheim in Maÿ 1786.
box 4*, folder 3
[L'alfabeto in prospettiva vale a dire composto dalle prime lettere delle denominazioni di venti uno abbozzetti scenografici
d'architettura civile rappresentanti gli oggetti per ordine alfabetico …]
Peirolesi, Pietro, etcher; Rana, Carlo Amedeo, designer; draftsman
[17--]
Container Summary: 5 prints : etching. Im. 25 x 33.9; Pl. 25.3 x 34.1; Sh. 30 x 38.8
Scope and Contents note
Five prints from a suite of 22 (title leaf and 21 prints) illustrating the letters A, B, H, M and P, and titled:
per la lettera A. ANFITEATRO. Col suo ATRIO,
per la lettera B. BAGNI. O. BELVEDERE.,
per la lettera H. HIPPODROMO, o sia Maneggio de Caualli,
per la Lettera M. MAUSOLEI.,
per la Lettera P. PIAZZA con PADIGLIONE Reale.
box 4*, folder 4
Tempio d'Apollo Rocca, Giovanni, aquatinter Fontanesi, Francesco, designer; draftsman
1812
Container Summary: 1 print : aquatint, etching. Im. 34.5 x 45.5; Pl. 37 x 47.3; Sh. 40.5 x 52
Scope and Contents note
Set with a temple of Apollo designed for the second scene of
La morte d'Agamennone, a ballet choreographed by Francesco Clerico and performed on April 29, 1794, at the Teatro del pubblico in Reggio Emilia.
Inscribed below the image: Ca. F. Fontanesi in:, e di: / Gio. Rocca in:1812.
Ref.: Z. Davoli,
Le raccolte di stampe, p. 28, no. 51
box 4*, folder 5
Parte interna di un edifizio egizio consacrato ai loro misteri Inghirami, Francesco, etcher; Tasca, Luigi, designer; draftsman
[1814]
Container Summary: 1 print : aquatint, etching. Im. 22.8 x 35; Pl. 25.7 x 38.9; Sh. 32.3 x 46.4
Scope and Contents note
Stage design of the interior of an Egyptian building decorated with hieroglyphics and atlantes.
Ref.:
Francesco Fontanesi, p. 135, no. 188
box 4*, folder 5
Interno di una miniera Inghirami, Francesco, etcher; Tasca, Luigi, designer; draftsman
[1814]
Container Summary: 1 print : aquatint, etching. Im. 23.1 x 34.8; Pl. 27.9 x 38; Sh. 32.3 x 46
Scope and Contents note
Stage design with a cave or mine featuring a pulley, baskets, and a wheelbarrow that are connected to the outside by a ladder.
box 4*, folder 5
Interno d'una casa rustica Inghirami, Francesco, etcher; Tasca, Luigi, designer; draftsman
[1814]
Container Summary: 1 print : aquatint, etching. Im. 22.8 x 34.7; Pl. 29.5 x 40; Sh. 32.3 x 46.7
Scope and Contents note
Stage design representing the interior of a house with a partially destroyed roof. Inscribed: Luigi Tasca pittore Teatrale
inv. e dis. / Cav. Franco Inghirami incise.
Ref.:
Francesco Fontanesi, p. 135, no. 189
box 4*, folder 6
Atrio semi-gotico Pozzetti, Lodovico, designer; draftsman; aquatinter
[18--]
Container Summary: 1 print : aquatint, etching. Im. 28.8 x 38.2; Sh. 34.7 x 42
Scope and Contents note
Inscriptions in the lower margin: Lodovico Pozzetti inv. dis. ed inc. / Atrio Semi-Gotico / schizzo presso l'Autore / All'
Illmo Sig. Cavalier Giambatista Venturi Membro del Regio Cesareo Instituto di Scienze &. &.
Numbered in the upper right corner: A. IV.
Ref.: Z. Davoli,
Le raccolte di stampe, p. 31, no. 77/2;
Mostra della incisione reggiana dal '400 all '800, p. 96, no. 7
box 4*, folder 7
[Architectural designs] Magnani, Girolamo, draftsman; designer
[18--]
Container Summary: 12 drawings : pencil on paper. Sh. 25.7 x 32.7
Scope and Contents note
The drawings of sections and views of buildings are attributed to Girolamo Magnani, who was appointed director of scenography
for the theaters in Parma in 1848.
Views, plans, and sections of theaters, Series I.B.
1550-ca. 1829
Container Summary: 1 box, 4 flat file folders 19 prints
Scope and Contents note
Views and plans of theaters include those of the Teatro dell'accademia degli Immobili in Florence, the Teatro Farnese and
Teatro regio in Parma, the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, and the Teatro filarmonico in Verona. The subseries is arranged
alphabetically by city, and within each city per date.
Amsterdam
Scope and Contents note
For a representation of the Amsterdamse Schouwburg, see: Box 4*, folder 1.
box 5*, folder 1
Dramata theatri pacis Borcht, Petrus van der, etcher
[ca. 1595]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching, letterpress. Pl. 33 x 44.3; Sh. 39.2 x 48.5
Scope and Contents note
Pages 85-88 from Johannes Bochius,
Descriptio pvblicae gratvlationis, spectacvlorvm et lvdorvm in adventv Sereniss. Principis Ernesti Archidvcis Avstriae … (Antverpiae : Ex Officina Plantiniana [Apvd Vidvam Et Ioannem Moretvm], M.D.XCV [1595]), with a view of an amphitheater.
box 5*, folder 2
[Teatro dell'accademia degli Immobili, Florence] Degli Alli, Silvio, etcher; Tacca, Ferdinando, architect
[ca. 1658]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Pl. 33 x 43.4; Im. 34.5 x 43.9; Mt. 38.3 x 47.7
Scope and Contents note
Plate from Giovanni Andrea Moniglia's
L'Hipermestra festa teatrale rappresentata dal sereniss. principe cardinale Gio. Carlo di Toscana … (In Firenze : Nella stamperia di S.A.S, 1658) depicting the Teatro dell'accademia degli Immobili in Florence, subsequently
known as the Teatro della Pergola.
Ref.: Blumenthal, A.
Theater art of the Medici, no. 90, p. 191-192
For a representation of the Teatro mediceo degli Uffizi, see: Box 1*, folder 8.
Isola Bella (Lake Maggiore)
box 5*, folder 3
Teatro massimo dell'Isola Bella = Grand théatre de l'isle Belle Dal Re, Marc'Antonio, etcher; draftsman
[17--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 29.7 x 40.2; Pl. 31.2 x 41; Sh. 44 x 58.5
Scope and Contents note
The view of the Teatro massimo on Isola Bella differs from the one published in
Ville di delizia, o siano palagi camparecci nello stato di Milano (Milan, 1726), reproduced in the facsimile reprint: Valsecchi, P.
Ville di delizia (ill. XLIII). It is possibly an impression of the etching issued separately as a loose leaf. Inscribed in the lower center
of plate: M. A. Dal Rè Sculp. C. P. S. CC M.
box 5*, folder 3
Veduta a mezzo di del Isola Bella di Sua Ecc:za il sig. conte Boromeo Arese = Veüe du cote du midi de l'ill Belle de Son Exc:
mons: le comte Charles Borromeo
Dal Re, Marc'Antonio, etcher; draftsman
[17--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 30 x 42; Pl. 31.2 x 42.7; Sh. 44 x 58.2
Scope and Contents note
The panoramic view shows Isola Bella on Lago Maggiore, an island that was conceived as an outdoor theater. The print differs
from the one of the same view published in
Ville di delizia, o siano palagi camparecci nello stato di Milano (Milan, 1726), reproduced in the facsimile reprint: Valsecchi, P.
Ville di delizia (ill. XLII). It is possibly an impression of the etching redesigned by the printmaker and issued separately as a loose leaf.
Inscribed in the lower center of plate: Marc' Ant:' Dal Rè Sculp. C. P. S. CC M.
box 5*, folder 3
Veduta al naturale del Isola Bella di Sua Eccel:za il sig:r conte Carlo Borromeo Arese sul Lago Maggiore Dal Re, Marc'Antonio, etcher; draftsman
[17--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 30 x 42; Pl. 31.2 x 42.7; Sh. 44 x 58.2
Scope and Contents note
The view of Isola Bella shows the Teatro massimo and the palace of the Borromeo family. The etching may have been issued by
the printmaker as a loose print. Inscribed in the lower right corner of plate: Marc Antonio Dal Rè del., e fece. Inscribed
in the lower center: Cum P.S.G.M. Not illustrated in: Valsecchi, P.
Ville di delizia.
box 5*, folder 3
Veduta del Isola Madre di Sua Eccza il sig: conte Carlo Borromeo Arese = Ueüe de l'isle Borromée dite l'isle Mere sur le Lac
Majeur
Dal Re, Marc'Antonio, etcher; draftsman
[17--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 28.7 x 39; Pl. 30 x 39.8; Sh. 43.7 x 59
Scope and Contents note
The view of Isola Madre on Lago Maggiore was issued as a loose leaf. Inscribed in the lower margin: M.A. Dal Rè Sculp. C.
P. S. C.C. M.
Ref.: Valsecchi, P.
Ville di delizia, pl. XLIV
box 5*, folder 4
Veduta dell'interno del R.l teatro di S. Carlo, in Napoli, in tempo dei festini di ballo, nel carnevale, presa dal palco scenico
[18--]
Container Summary: 1 print : lithograph. Im. 23 x 30.5; Sh. 33 x 50
Scope and Contents note
A view of the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples during the carnival festivities. Several
commedia dell'arte figures are shown among dancers.
box 5*, folder 5
[Teatro regio in Parma] Sottili, Pietro, printmaker; Costa, Antonio, printmaker; Naudin, L., printmaker; Dalcò, Antonio, printmaker; Biaggi, P.,
printmaker; Bettoli, Nicolò, architect
1829
Container Summary: 5 prints : line engraving. Pl. 47.8 x 32.8; Sh. 54.3 x 36
Scope and Contents note
Plates II-V and VIII from Paolo Toschi,
Il nuovo teatro di Parma (Parma : Tipi Bodoniani, 1829) reproducing designs for the Teatro regio in Parma (1821-1829). A cross-section of the interior
of the theater, an elevation of its facade, decoration of the vaults in the Salone and a ground-plan are included. Plate VIII,
titled
SIPARIO (A. Dalcò), illustrates a decoration by Borghesi for a theater curtain showing the triumph of Athena or Wisdom, and featuring
Pegasus, nymphs, gods, and poet Dante.
box 5*, folder 5
Teatro - ortografia interna pel lungo - facciata Costa, Antonio, printmaker; Naudin, L., printmaker; Bettoli, Nicolò, architect
[ca. 1829]
Container Summary: 1 print : line engraving. Pl. 35.7 x 45.9; Sh. 36 x 54.3
Scope and Contents note
Plate V from Paolo Toschi,
Il nuovo teatro di Parma (Parma : Tipi Bodoniani, 1829) showing a cross-section of the interior of the Teatro regio in Parma (1821-1829) and an elevation
of its facade. Inscribed in the lower part of image: N. Bettoli inv. / L. Naudin e A. Costa inc. nello Studio I. T. Inscribed
in upper right corner: Tav. V.
See also: Series VII. Oversize materials, FF. 10-11**
Prague
Scope and Contents note
See: Series VII. Oversize materials, FF. 12**
box 5*, folder 6
Theatrvm veronense: 1549
[1550]
Container Summary: 1 fol. (4 p.) : woodcut. Im. 20.2 x 36.4; Sh. 32 x 41.5
Scope and Contents note
Pages cccrj-cccriiii from Sebastian Münster's
Cosmografia (1550) on Bononia (i.e. Bologna ), Luca (i.e. Lucca), and Verona, with a view by Hans Rudolf Manuel Deutsch and Meister Christoph
in Strassburg of the amphitheater in Verona (p. cccrii-cccriii). Monograms in lower right of image: RMD / C.S.
Ref.: Peters, J. S.
German masters of the sixteenth century, 19/pt. 2 of
The illustrated Bartsch, p. 38
See also: Series VII. Oversize materials, FF. 13**
box 5*, folder 7
Teatro Galli Bibiena, Giuseppe, architect; draftsman
[17--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 18 x 51.2; Sh. 20.2 x 51.3
Scope and Contents note
Ground plan of a theater with inscriptions specifying the roles of the
macchine and of the different areas of the theater. Inscribed in lower margin: Joseph Galli Bibiena … / Van der Bruggen et J. H. Märtin
Sculp: Viena.
Festivals, Series II.
1570-ca. 1759
Container Summary: 2 boxes, 4 flat file folders 61 prints
Scope and Contents note
The series comprises prints that illustrate court celebrations, notably pageants, tournaments, horse ballets, and fireworks
held in honor of royal births, marriages, entries, and state visits. Festivals that are represented include the
Guerra d'amore and the
Guerra di bellezza at the Medici court in Florence, the
Combat à la barrière at the court of Lorraine in Nancy, and the tournament known as
La contesa dell'aria e dell'acqva in Vienna. Etchers and engravers include Ambrogio Brambilla, Jacques Callot, Stefano della Bella, and Teresa del Pò. Scenographers
and designers include Giulio Parigi, Agniolo Ricci, Ferdinando Tacca, Alessandro Carducci, and Antonio Gherardi. The series
is organized alphabetically by cities, and within each city per date. For sets designed as part of court celebrations, see
Series I. For festivals that feature
commedia dell'arte performances or representations of carnival celebrations, see Series IV.
box 6*, folder 1
[Festivities in honor of the entry into Antwerp of Francis, Duke of Anjou and Alençon] Plantin, Christophe, publisher
[1582]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 36.5 x 48.6; Sh. 38.4 x 49.9
Scope and Contents note
Plate XXI from
La ioyevse & magnifique entrée de Monseigneur Françoys, fils de France, et frere vnicqve dv Roy, par la grace de Dieu, Dvc
de Brabant, d'Anjou, Alençon, Berri, en sa tres-renommée ville d'Anvers
(A Anvers : De l'imprimerie de Christophle Plantin, 1582) showing a feast on the Great Market before the city hall in honor
of the entry into Antwerp on Feb. 19, 1582, of Francis, Duke of Anjou and Alençon, the brother of King Henry III of France.
The plate, although not signed, has been attributed to the printmaker Abraham de Bruyn and the drawing to Crispin van den
Broeck. Hans Vredeman de Vries was commissioned to design the triumphal arches and floats.
Ref.: Voet, Leon.
The Plantin press (1555-1589), no. 1211.; Landwehr, John.
Splendid ceremonies, no. 38
box 6*, folder 2
[Festa della Porchetta in Bologna]
[ca. 1724]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 36.5 x 48.6; Sh. 38.4 x 49.9
Scope and Contents note
A representation of the temporary architectural structures erected for the festa della Porchetta in Bologna in 1724. The scene
is enclosed within a frame displaying the insignia of the Gonfaloniere and eight Anziani.
Ref.:
Barocco romano e barocco italiano, p. 171, ill. 18;
Magnifico apparato, p. 152
Dresden
Scope and Contents note
See: Box 2*, folder 13; Box 3*, folder 10.
box 6*, folder 3
[Naval battle in the courtyard of the Palazzo Pitti, Florence] Scarabelli, Orazio, etcher
[1592]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Sh. 24 x 35.8; Mt. 26.7 x 39.8
Scope and Contents note
A representation of the mock naval battle performed on May 11, 1589 in the courtyard of the Palazzo Pitti in Florence in celebration
of the wedding of Ferdinando I de' Medici to Christine of Lorraine.
Ref.: Blumenthal, A.
Theater art of the Medici, no. 13, p. 26-27
box 6*, folder 4
[Les chars et les personnages] Callot, Jacques, etcher; Parigi, Giulio, designer
[1615, i.e. 1616]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 22.3 x 30; Sh. 24.3 x 35
Scope and Contents note
A representation of the chariots and characters in costume for the horse ballet and tournament
Guerra d'amore or the
War of love performed in Piazza Santa Croce, Florence, on Feb. 12, 1616 [1615 in
stile fiorentino] and dedicated to Archduchess Maria Maddalena of Austria.
Title from: Lieure.
Ref.: Lieure 169; Blumenthal, A.
Theater art of the Medici, no. 47, p. 97-101
box 6*, folder 5
[Les chars et les personnages] Callot, Jacques, etcher; Parigi, Giulio, designer
[1615, i.e. 1616]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 22.6 x 30.4
Scope and Contents note
A representation of the chariots and characters in costume for the horse ballet and tournament
Guerra d'amore or the
War of Love performed in Piazza Santa Croce, Florence, on Feb. 12, 1616 [1615 in
stile fiorentino] and dedicated to Archduchess Maria Maddalena of Austria.
Title from: Lieure.
Ref.: Lieure 169; Blumenthal, A.
Theater art of the Medici, no. 47, p. 97-101
box 6*, folder 6
Uno de gl'abbattimenti della guerra d amore festa del serenissimo gran duca di Toscana Callot, Jacques, etcher Parigi, Giulio, designer Rossi, Giovanni Giacomo de, publisher [Rome] : Gio: Jacomo Rossi formis
Romæ alla Pace all insegna di Parigi
[16--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 21.3 x 29.7; Pl. 22.4 x 29.8; Sh. 27.5 x 36
Scope and Contents note
A representation of the mock battle performed as part of the tournament
Guerra d'amore or
War of love in Piazza Santa Croce, Florence, on Feb. 12, 1616 [1615 in
stile fiorentino].
State 3 (cf. Lieure)
Ref.: Lieure 171; Blumenthal, A.
Theater art of the Medici, no. 47, p. 97-101
box 6*, folder 7
[Guerra di bellezza] Callot, Jacques, etcher; Parigi, Giulio, designer
[ca. 1616]
Container Summary: 5 prints : etching. Im. 21.5 x 30; Sh. 22.6 x 30.1
Scope and Contents note
Complete suite of prints depicting the horse ballet
Guerra di bellezza or
War of beauty performed in Piazza Santa Croce, Florence, on the evening of Oct. 16, 1616 in honor of the visit of Federico Ubaldo della
Rovere, Prince of Urbino, who was betrothed to Claudia de' Medici.
Ref.: Lieure 178-182; Blumenthal, A.
Theater art of the Medici, no. 48-51, p. 103-109
box 6*, folder 8
Carro di Teti fatto in Firenze … Callot, Jacques, etcher; Parigi, Giulio, designer; Rossi, Giovanni Giacomo de, publisher; [Rome] : Gio Iacomo Rossi formis
Rome alla Pace all insegna di Parigi
[16--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching, engraving. Im. 15 x 22.8; Sh.15.8 x 23.5
Scope and Contents note
A representation of the float of Thetis designed for the horse ballet
Guerra di bellezza or the
War of beauty performed in Piazza Santa Croce, Florence, on the evening of Oct. 16, 1616, in honor of the visit of Federico Ubaldo della
Rovere, Prince of Urbino.
State 2 (cf. Lieure)
Ref.: Lieure 179; Blumenthal, A.
Theater art of the Medici, no. 50, p. 103-109
box 6*, folder 9
Battaglia del re Tessi e del re Tinta festa rapresentata in Firenze nel fiume dArno il di XXV di luglio. 1.6.1.9. Collignon, François, etcher
[16--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Sh. 21 x 29; Mt. 25 x 34.7
Scope and Contents note
Copy of Jacques Callot's etching
L'éventail depicting the mock naval battle between the weavers and dyers held on the Arno river in Florence on the evening of July 25,
1619. The print is trimmed in a fan-like shape and glued to a mount.
Copy of the type 3 (cf. Lieure).
Ref.: Lieure 302; Blumenthal, A.
Theater art of the Medici, no. 63
box 6*, folder 10
Figure della festa a cavallo, rappresentata nel teatro del ser.mo granduca di Toscana il di. 15, luglio 1637 Della Bella, Stefano, etcher; Ricci, Agniolo, choreographer; draftsman; Gamberai, Felice, engineer
[ca. 1637]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 32.4 x 43.9
Scope and Contents note
A representation of the horse ballet performed in the amphitheater of the Boboli gardens, Florence, on the evening of July
15, 1637 in celebration of the wedding of Ferdinand II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, to Vittoria della Rovere.
Inscribed: Agno.l Ricci in. del ballo ; Felice Ganb.rai ing.re ; Ste. de.lla Be.lla del. e f.
Ref.: Blumenthal, A.
Theater art of the Medici, no. 86, p.179
box 6*, folder 11
Naue del Colonbo gia trasformata da Nettunno in orca marina, et ora da Proteo ritornata nella prima sua forma con l'ordina.za
de caualieri che deuano sopra essa andar al conquisto del Oriente per l'august.ma casa d'Austria
Della Bella, Stefano, etcher; Parigi, Alfonso, choreographer
[ca. 1652]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Pl. 23.7 x 29.7; Sh. 32.7 x 40.6
Scope and Contents note
A representation of the horse ballet ordered by the Grand Duke of Tuscany Ferdinando II in honor of the visit of Anna de'
Medici, Ferdinand Karl of Austria and Sigmund Franz of Austria. The ballet was performed in the amphitheater of the Boboli
gardens, Florence, on the evening of April 28, 1652.
Ref.: Blumenthal, A.
Theater art of the Medici, no. 88, p.185
box 6*, folder 12
[Il mondo festeggiante] Della Bella, Stefano, etcher; Tacca, Ferdinando, architect; Carducci, Alessandro, choreographer
[ca. 1661]
Container Summary: 3 prints : etching. Sh. 29 x 44
Scope and Contents note
Complete suite of prints depicting the horse ballet
Il mondo festeggiante performed in the amphitheater of the Boboli gardens, Florence, on July 1, 1661 in celebration of the wedding of Prince Cosimo
III to Princess Margherita Luisa of Orléans.
Ref.:
Il luogo teatrale a Firenze, p. 154-157
box 7*, folder 1
Here rests what was mortal of S.r Rob.t Clayton … Kirkall, Elisha, etcher
[ca. 1707]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 31.4 x 21.7; Sh. 32 x 22
Scope and Contents note
Funeral monument for Sir Robert Clayton (1629-1707), a merchant and Member of Parliament. Standing effigies of the deceased
and of his wife Dame Martha Clayton (d. 1705) adorn the monument.
Inscribed in lower margin: J. Wrigglesworth delin. / E. Kirkall Sculp.
box 7*, folder 2
A view of the rotundo house & gardens at Ranelagh, with an exact representation of the jubilee ball as it appeared May 24th.
1759 being the birth day of His Royal Highness George Prince of Wales
Sayer, Robert, publisher; [London] : Printed for Robert Sayer, Fleet Street, London
[ca. 1759]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching, hand col. Im. 23.5 x 39; Pl. 26.3 x 40.5; Sh. 34.4 x 51
Scope and Contents note
A representation of the masked ball in front of the rotunda and gardens at Ranelagh in celebration of the birthday of George,
Prince of Wales, May 24, 1759.
box 7*, folder 3
A view of the canal, Chinese building, rotundo, &c. in Ranelagh gardens, with the masquerade - Vüe du canal, du bâtiment chinois,
de la rotunda, &c. des jardins de Ranelagh un jour de masquarade
Grignion, Charles, etcher; Sayer, Robert, publisher; [London] : Printed for & sold by Rob.t Sayer at the Golden Back opposite
Fetter Lanne Fleet Street
[17--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Pl. 26.5 x 40.5; Sh. 34.7 x 49.8
Scope and Contents note
Masked figures are shown strolling along the canal, with a view of the rotunda and the Ranelagh gardens in the background.
Inscribed in the lower margin: Canalet delin.t ; C. Grignion sculp. ; Publish'd According to Act of Parliament. Numbered in
brown ink in lower right corner: 444.
Ref.: Bruand, H.
Inventaire du fonds français: graveurs du XVIIIe siècle, t. 11, p. 17, no. 46
box 7*, folder 4
[Combat à la barrière] Callot, Jacques, etcher; designer; Deruet, Claude, designer
[1627]
Container Summary: 7 prints : etching. Pl. 15.2 x 24; Sh. 15.7 x 24.4; Mt. 23.4 x 32.2
Scope and Contents note
The prints depict the tournament performed in Nancy on Feb. 16, 1627, at the court of Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine. Impressions
of the etchings were issued in: Henry Humbert's
Combat a la barriere … (A Nancy : Par Sebastien Philippe, 1627, pl. [2-8]). The prints are glued on mounts bearing stamp (Ville de Genève Cabinet
des Estampes) and have embossed seal in lower center of image.
Ref.: Lieure 576-583;
Jacques Callot : 1592-1635 : Musée historique lorrain, Nancy, 13 juin-14 septembre 1992, p. 334-343
box 7*, folder 5
Entrée de Son Altesse a pied Callot, Jacques, etcher Deruet, Claude, designer
[1627]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 15 x 23.9; Mt. 15.5 x 24.3
Scope and Contents note
The print depicts the tournament performed in Nancy on Feb. 16, 1627, at the court of Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine. Impressions
of the etching were issued in: Henry Humbert's
Combat a la barriere … (A Nancy : Par Sebastien Philippe, 1627, pl. [9]).
Ref.: Lieure 583;
Jacques Callot : 1592-1635 : Musée historique lorrain, Nancy, 13 juin-14 septembre 1992, p. 334-343
box 7*, folder 6
[Arc de triomphe à la gloire de Charles V] Jacquart, Claude, etcher; Demangeot, Sébastien, etcher
1734
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 45.5 x 34.4; Sh. 45.7 x 35.5
Scope and Contents note
A representation of the triumphal arch designed in Nancy in honor of Charles V, Duke of Lorraine (1643-1690), in commemoration
of the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the Turkish siege of Vienna (1683). Inscription on arch: Carolus V. Lot … dux. Inscribed
on stone in lower right corner: Jacquart et Mangeot / fec. 1734.
box 7*, folder 7
[Festival apparatus] Pò, Teresa del, etcher
[ca. 1683-ca. 1687]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 18.7 x 49.5; Pl. 37.8 x 50; Sh. 42.5 x 53.3
Scope and Contents note
A representation of a festival decoration designed for Gaspar Guzmán y Haro, viceroy of the Kingdom of Naples (1683-1687).
Long inscription in the lower part of the image. Title from: Bellini.
Ref.: Bellini, P., Wallace, R. W.
Italian masters of the seventeenth century, 44 [XX/pt. 2] of
The illustrated Bartsch, p. 329
box 7*, folder 8
Le tournoy où le roy Henry II. fut blessé à mort le dernier de iuin 1559. Perrissin, Jean, etcher
1570
Container Summary: 1 print : etching, letterpress. Pl. 31.3 x 49.6; Sh. 36.7 x 49.9
Scope and Contents note
Plate [3] from
Premier volume, contenant Qvarante tableavx ov histoires diuerses qui sont memorables touchant les guerres, massacres, & troubles
aduenus en France en ces dernieres annees …
depicting the tournament at which King Henry II of France was fatally wounded on June 30, 1559. The tournament was held as
part of the festivities celebrating the weddings in Paris of his daughter Elisabeth de Valois to Felipe II, King of Spain,
and his sister Marguerite de Valois to Emanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy. Inscribed: PERRISSIM FECIT 1570. Woodcut caption
in the lower margin: LeRoy Henry ayant fait paix auecle Roy d'Espagne, celebrant / …
State 1 (cf. Adhémar)
Ref.: Robert-Dusménil, A.
Le peintre-graveur, t. 6, p. 49-50, no. 3; Adhémar, J.
Inventaire du fonds français, t. 2, p. 39, no. 3
box 7*, folder 9
[Float at a festivity in honor of the birth of Louis, Duke of Burgundy]
[1682]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching, letterpress. Pl. 31.3 x 49.6; Sh. 36.7 x 49.9
Scope and Contents note
Plate from:
Mercure galant, Nov. 1682, facing p. 284. The location of the festivity has not been identified; celebrations in honor of the Duke of Burgundy
were held at Chambord, Fontainebleau, Versailles, and various cities in France.
Ref.:
Inventaire du fonds français: graveurs du XVIIe siècle. Antoine Lepautre, Jacques Lepautre, t. 11, no. 46
box 7*, folder 10
Castello S. Angelo con la girandola Brambilla, Ambrogio, etcher [Rome] : Claudij Duchetti formis
1579
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Pl. 50 x 38; Sh. 50.5 x 38.9
Scope and Contents note
A view of Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome with a fireworks display. Inscription in the lower margin: Segno d'allegrezza qual si
fa in Roma … Inscribed in lower right corner: Io: Ambr. Bram. inuen: fe. / 1579.
Ref.:
Fochi d'allegrezza, no. 74, fig. 74
See also: Series VII. Oversize materials, FF. 14-16**
Venice
Scope and Contents note
See also: Series VII. Oversize materials, FF. 17**
box 7*, folder 11
[La contesa dell'aria e dell'acqva ] Ossenbeeck, Jan van, etcher Hoy, Nikolaus van, draftsman Pasetti, Carlo, designerCarducci, Alessandro, choreographer
[1667]
Container Summary: 23 prints : etching. Sh. 28.5 x 42.3 or smaller
Scope and Contents note
Plates from Francesco Barra's
La contesa dell'aria e dell'acqva … ([Vienna] : Appresso Matteo Cosmerovio …, 1667) depicting the horse ballet and tournament performed in Vienna on Jan. 24,
1667 in celebration of the wedding of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor to Margarita Teresa, Spanish Infanta. Eight plates numbered
1 to 8 (Sh. 17.5 x 19.7 or smaller) illustrate the tournament or carrousel and include a title leaf with inscription: Parte
delle Figure dei Caroselli … 13 plates (Sh. 27.1 x 17.8), also numbered (Prima - Dodecima, last plate unnumbered), illustrate
the horse ballet and include a title leaf with inscription: Parte delle Figure del Balletto …Watermarks: cross with letters
IHS; shield [?]
Portraits of actors, Series III.
ca. 1599-ca. 1900
Container Summary: 3 boxes, 4 flat file folders 66 prints
Scope and Contents note
The series comprises portrait prints of actors from the late 16th century to the early 20th century. There are several formal
portraits, including the one of Giovanni Gabrielli engraved by Agostino Carracci, the one of Raffaello Menicucci etched by
Ottavio Leoni, and the one based on a painting by Domenico Fetti, whose sitter is identified as Francesco Andreini, a
commedia dell'arte actor from the Compagnia dei Gelosi. However, the actors are most often shown on stage or performing the roles for which
they were famous. Often their faces are hidden behind masks; the print is a portrayal of their stage roles rather than of
their physical features. The series documents
commedia dell'arte actors who performed in Paris during the reign of Louis XIV, notably Angelo Constantini, Raymond Poisson, Giuseppe Tortoriti,
and Angelica Toscano. Nine prints show Joseph Grimaldi, in the role of clown, performing a variety of pantomimes. Other portraits
of actors playing
commedia dell'arte characters are included in Subseries IVa. The series is organized alphabetically by the actors' last names.
Andreini, Francesco
Scope and Contents note
See: Series VII. Oversize materials, FF. 18**
Biancolelli, Marie-Catherine
box 8*, folder 1
Catherine Biancolelli ditte Colombine Mariette, Jean, publisher, etcher Picart, Bernard, draftsman [Paris] : Aux Colonnes d'Hercules, avec privil. du Roy
[ca. 1716-ca. 1742]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 10.1 x 6.8; Sh. 12.3 x 8; Mt. 20.9 x 10.3
Scope and Contents note
The full-length portrait is of Catherine or Marie-Catherine Biancolelli in costume for the role of Columbine, with head facing
left. The daughter of Dominique or Giuseppe Domenico Biancolelli, Marie-Catherine Biancolelli was a
commedia dell'arte actress, member of the Comédie-Italienne in Paris, who played at the Hôtel du Bourgogne and specialized in the role of Columbine
(or Colombine).
Ref.: Guardenti, no. 33
box 8*, folder 2
Ricordo della Luisa Miller primavera 1850. I Modenesi
[ca. 1850]
Container Summary: 1 print : chalk lithograph, hand col. Sh. ca. 46.5 x 30
Scope and Contents note
Italian soprano Teresina Brambilla is shown in the role of Luisa Miller, swooning in the arms of her father (i.e. Felice Varesi),
as Settimio Malvezzi, playing Rodolfo, rises from a chair. Inscribed: Goldoni Lith.
Brasseur, Jules Victor Alexandre, also called Dumont
box 8*, folder 3
Brasseur rôle d'Arlequin dans Les trois fils de cadet Roussel Paris : M.on Martinet r. de Rivoli 172 et r. Vivienne 41
[ca. 1863?]
Container Summary: 1 print : lithograph, hand col. Im. 19.5 x 14.5; Sh. 31.8 x 22.2
Scope and Contents note
The full-length portrait is of Jules Victor Alexandre Brasseur in costume for the role of Harlequin in a performance of Les
trois fils de cadet Roussel at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris. The actor is shown wearing a mask, one hand on hip, the
other holding a sword. Inscription above image: Théâtre du Palais Royal. Inscribed below image: Imp. Lemercier Paris / 866.
Dated ca. 1863 on verso.
Chudleigh, Elizabeth, Countess of Bristol
box 8*, folder 4
Miss Chudleigh, in the character of Iphigenia, at the Venetian ambassador's masquerade.
[17--]
Container Summary: 1 print : engraving. Im. 16.1 x 10.1; Sh. 19.1 x 11.7; Mt. 32.5 x 25.7
Scope and Contents note
The full-length portrait is of Elizabeth Chudleigh, who is shown partially nude in the role of Iphigenia. Inscribed in the
lower right: E R.
box 8*, folder 5
Icy de Mezetin rare et nouveau Protée … Trouvain, Antoine, publisher; [Paris] : Se vend a Paris chez Trouvain rüe St. Jacques au Grand Monarque auec priuilege du
Roy
[16--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 27.3 x 19.3; Pl. 31.3 x 21.3; Sh. 35.6 x 23.6
Scope and Contents note
The portrait is of Italian
commedia dell'arte actor Angelo Constantini who, as a member of the Comédie-Italienne in Paris, played at the Hôtel du Bourgogne and specialized
in the role of Mezzetino (or Mezzetin). The print is based on a painting by François de Troy showing Constantini in costume
for the role of Mezzetino.
box 8*, folder 6
Ange Constantin dit Mezetin Mariette, Jean, publisher; A Paris : Chez J. Mariette rüe St. Jacques aux Colonnes d'Hercules avec priv. du Roy.
[ca. 1716- ca. 1742]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 27.1 x 19; Pl. 29.6 x 19.7; Sh. 37.5 x 25.7
Scope and Contents note
The portrait is of Italian
commedia dell'arte actor Angelo Constantini in costume for the role of Mezzetino, standing before a landscape.
Also see Box 12*, folder 9, and FF. 19**.
box 8*, folder 7
Costume de Debureau, rôle de Pierrot, dans les 26 Infortunes de Pierrot.
[18--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching, hand col. Im. 15.2 x 10.9; Sh. 17.2 x 12
Scope and Contents note
The portrait is of Jean Gaspard Debureau, a pantomimist born in Bohemia who was active in Paris. The actor is shown in the
role of Pierrot in the play
Les 26 infortunes de Pierrot at the Théâtre des Funambules in Paris. Inscription above image: Th. des Funambules. Numbered: No. 986. Inscribed below image:
Maleuvre s.
box 8*, folder 8
Willette - Deburau Willette, Adolphe, draftsman
[18--]
Container Summary: 1 print : lithograph, letterpress, col. Im. 34.6 x 24.7; Sh. 42 x 33
Scope and Contents note
The portrait is of pantomimist Jean Gaspard Debureau, or possibly of his son Charles, shown in the role of Pierrot, standing
on his left foot and moving forward towards the right. The print was issued in a newspaper or periodical.
Dugazon, also called Henri Gourgaud
box 8*, folder 9
Rôle de Scapin. Henry Gourgaud Dugazon. Duplessi-Bertaux, Jean, engraver
[18--]
Container Summary: 1 print : engraving. Im. 7.8 x 7; Pl. 10.9 x 8.5; Sh. 20 x 14
Scope and Contents note
The profile bust portrait is of Henri Gourgaud Dugazon shown facing left and in costume for the role of Scapin. Inscription:
Pour l'interêt de l'art et des jeunes acteurs / …
Ref.: Béraldi, H.
Les graveurs du XIXe siècle, t. VI, p. 72
Dunstall, John
Scope and Contents note
See: Macklin, Charles
box 8*, folder 10
Théatre Costanzi (Rome) Francesca da Rimini (acte V). Mme Eleonora Duse.- rôle de Francesca. Cliché Alinari.
[19--]
Container Summary: 1 print : relief halftone. Im. 27.5 x 19.5; Sh. 35 x 26.5
Scope and Contents note
The full-length profile portrait is of Italian actress Eleonora Duse shown in the role of Francesca da Rimini at the Teatro
Costanzi in Rome. Issued in:
Le théâtre.
box 8*, folder 10
Signora Eleonora Duse as Paula in "The second Mrs. Tanqueray," at the Lyceum Theatre: scene from act IV
1900
Container Summary: 1 print : relief halftone. Im. 31.8 x 24.5; Sh. 39.4 x 29.3
Scope and Contents note
Eleonora Duse is shown playing the role of Paula for a performance of Sir A. Pinero's play
Second Mrs Tanqueray at the Lyceum Theatre in London.
Issued in:
The illustrated London news, May 19, 1900 - p. 673
box 8*, folder 10
Signora Duse as Silvia Settala in "La gioconda" at the Lyceum Craig, Frank, draftsman
1900
Container Summary: 1 print : relief halftone. Im. 30.5 x 21.5; Sh. 39.8 x 29.5
Scope and Contents note
Eleonora Duse plays the role of Silvia Settala in D'Annunzio's play
La gioconda performed at the Lyceum Theater in London. She is seated on a sofa as a man kneels before her. Inscription: ... drawn by
Frank Craig. Issued in:
The graphic, May 26, 1900 - p. 764
box 8*, folder 10
National Theatre Christiana - Rosmersholm - acte III Photo L. Szacinski (Christiana)
[19--]
Container Summary: 1 print : relief halftone. Im. 23.2 x 21; Sh. 25.5 x 27.4
Scope and Contents note
Eleonora Duse is standing with eyes closed, enacting the role of Rebecca West for a performance of Henrik Johan Ibsen's play
Rosmersholm at the National Theatre in Christiana (Oslo). Issued in:
Le théâtre.
box 8*, folder 10
Mme Eleonore Duse en Norvège - après la représentation Photo L. Szacinski (Christiana)
[19--]
Container Summary: 1 print : relief halftone. Im. 21.8 x 21; Sh. 34.5 x 26.1
Scope and Contents note
Italian actress Eleonora Duse is shown seated with the three administrators Jacob Woxen, Lugné-Poe, and Helliesen after a
performance held at the National Theatre in Christiana (Oslo). Issued in:
Le théâtre.
box 8*, folder 11
Mr. Eller as Harlequin (second position) [London] : Published by M.& M Skelt. II. Swan St. Minories, London
[18--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching, hand col. Pl. 23.5 x 18.6; Sh. 37.2 x 31
Scope and Contents note
The portrait is of English actor Thomas Ellar in costume for the role of Harlequin: he wears a mask, one hand on a hat, the
other on a sword. A landscape with a rotunda is depicted in the background. Inscribed: ... drawn and engraved under the superintendence
of Tho.s Eller.
Also see Series V.
box 8*, folder 12
Elleviou, rôle de Pierrot, dans Le tableau parlant. A Paris : Chez Martinet, libraire, rue du Coq no. 13 et 15.
[18--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching, hand col. Im. 16.9 x 10.1; Pl. 19.3 x 11.8; Sh. 20.2 x 12.6
Scope and Contents note
The full-length portrait is of French tenor Jean Elleviou, head facing left. He is in costume for the role of Pierrot in the
play
Le tableau parlant performed at the Théâtre de l'Opéra-Comique in Paris. Inscription below image: Hola! hé! … Lafleur, Jasmin, … Scapin, hola
quelqu'un, n'y a t'il personne ici ? … Inscription above image: Th. de l'Opéra comique / … / No. 276.
box 9*, folder 1
Antonius Feramons, venetus Pantaleonus Ellys, John, etcher
[17--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 23.5 x 18.7; Sh. 37.6 x 28.6
Scope and Contents note
The bust portrait in an oval frame is of Italian
commedia dell'arte actor Antonio Ferramonti who played the role of Pantaloon or Pantalone. Inscription: Pro Suo Beneficio. Pencilled: ? Ticket
for a benefit performance [c. 1745].
Ferretti, Luigi
Scope and Contents note
See Series VII. Oversize materials, FF. 20**.
box 9*, folder 2
Scaramouche Basset, André, publisher A Paris : Chez Basset rue St. Jacques a S.e Genevieve
[ca. 1750-ca. 1785]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching, engraving. Im. 28.5 x 20.9; Sh. 32.6 x 21.7
Scope and Contents note
The portrait is of Italian
commedia dell'arte actor Tiberio Fiorilli or Fiorillo, a member of the Comédie-Italienne in Paris, who performed at the Hôtel du Bourgogne and
specialized in the role of Scaramouche (i.e. Scaramuccia). He is shown standing before a balustrade that overlooks a formal
garden in the background. Inscribed in lower margin: Voicy l'Ornement du Theatre, / Celuy que vous voyez a charmé les Francois,
/ Il a fait le plaisir de plusieurs de nos Rois, / Par ce que des Louis il estoit Idolatre.
box 9*, folder 3
Mr. G. French as Harlequin London : Pub. by J. Redington, 208 Hoxton Old Town …
[18--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Sh. 21.2 x 16.6
Scope and Contents note
The standing portrait is of an actor in costume for the role of Harlequin.
box 9*, folder 4
[Portrait of Giovanni Gabrielli, called Il Sivello] Carracci, Agostino, engraver
[ca. 1599]
Container Summary: 1 print : engraving. Im. 16.2 x 12.4; Mt. 20.4 x 14
Scope and Contents note
The bust portrait is of
commedia dell'arte actor Giovanni Gabrielli who is shown holding a mask in his hands.
Inscription: AVG.F.
Ref.: DeGrazia, D.
Prints and related drawings, no. 212
box 9*, folder 5
Mr. Garrick in the character of Tancred [London] : Published by I. Wenman Aug.st 1: 1777
1777
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Pl. 12.5 x 9.4; Sh. 16.3 x 11.2; Mt. 16.3 x 11.2
Scope and Contents note
The portrait is of English actor and dramatist David Garrick, who was the manager of Drury Lane Theater in London from 1747
to 1776. He is shown in the role of Tancred in The tragedy of Tancred and Gismund. Inscription in lower center of image: Ah
Sigismunda! / Thy rash credulity has done a deed … Act. IV Scene 2.
Gourgaud, Henri, also called Henri Gourgaud Dugazon
Scope and Contents note
See: Dugazon
Legrand, Henri, also called Belleville or Turlupin
box 9*, folder 6
Henry Le Grand dit Turlupin Lignon, Etienne-Frederic, etcher
[18--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching, hand col. Pl. 27 x 22.1; Sh. 32.4 x 25
Scope and Contents note
The full-length portrait is of Henri Legrand, a French actor, who as Belleville played in Turlupinades or farces. Facing left,
he appears in the role of Turlupin for a performance at the Hôtel de Bourgogne in Paris. Inscriptions: Galerie Théâtrale /
N: 3.bis. / Theâtre de l'Hôtel de Bourgoigne. Année 1630. Inscribed below image: G. hunt, Pinxt. Chaumont Del. / / Ecrit par
Sampier / Lignon Sculpt / Imprimé par Langlois.
Also see Box 12*, folder 3.
Grimaldi, J. S. (Joseph S.)
box 9*, folder 7
Mr. Grimaldi, as clown in "Harlequin & friar Bacon." Cruikshank, Robert, etcher
[18--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching, hand col. Im. 17.6 x 10.2; Pl. 22.8 x 14.3; Sh. 27.8 x 18.4
Scope and Contents note
English clown and pantomimist Joseph Grimaldi is shown performing in the pantomime of
Harlequin and friar Bacon. Inscribed: I.R. Cruikshank fecit.
box 9*, folder 7
Mr. Grimaldi, as clown in the popular pantomine of Harlequin & Asmodeus now performing at the Theatre Royal Covent Garden,
setting to with a grotesque figure which he makes up of a series of vegetables, fruit &c. and which becoming animated beats
him off the stage.
Norman, Robert, draftsman [London] : Pub. Feb.ry 8th. 1811 by R. Ackermann no. 101 Strand.
1811
Container Summary: 1 print : etching, hand col. Im. 22.8 x 31.1; Pl. 24.6 x 35; Sh. 27.5 x 43
Scope and Contents note
Joseph Grimaldi is shown playing the character of clown in the pantomime of
Harlequin and Asmodeus performed at the Covent Garden Theatre in London. Holding large radishes, he boxes with a figure made of vegetables. Inscribed
in lower right corner: Drawn by R. Norman.
box 9*, folder 7
Grimaldis tandem in the comic pantomime of the Golden fish Heath, William, etcher [London] : Pub. Feb. 11 1812 by T. Palser Bridge Road Lambeth
1812
Container Summary: 1 print : etching, hand col. Im. 20.8 x 32.4; Sh. 27.7 x 44.3
Scope and Contents note
Joseph Grimaldi, in the role of clown in the pantomime of the
Golden fish, rides a cart drawn by two harnessed dogs whom he is whipping. Inscribed: Drawn and Etched by W Heath.
Pencilled in upper right corner: 4.
box 9*, folder 7
Grimaldis tandem in the comic pantomime of the Golden fishGrimaldis tandem in the comic pantomime of the Golden fish Heath, William, etcher [London] : Pub. Feb. 11 1812 by …
1812
Container Summary: 1 print : etching, hand col. Im. 20.5 x 31.3
Scope and Contents note
Joseph Grimaldi, in the character of clown in the pantomime of the
Golden fish, rides a cart drawn by two harnessed whom he is whipping.
box 9*, folder 7
Grimaldis leap frog, in the comic pantomime of the Golden fish Heath, William, draftsman; etcher [London] : Pub. Jan.y 21st 1812 by T. Palser Bridge Road Lambeth
1812
Container Summary: 1 print : etching, hand col. Im. 19.8 x 31.7; Sh. 25.7 x 39.8
Scope and Contents note
Joseph Grimaldi, in the character of clown in the pantomime of the
Golden fish, attempts to feed a frog from a bowl; the frog jumps over the crouching clown. Inscribed: Drawn and Etched by W Heath.
box 9*, folder 7
Grimaldis bold dragoon in the popular pantomime of the Red dwarf
[18--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching, hand col. Im. 21.5 x 31.7; Sh. 25.9 x 35.8
Scope and Contents note
Joseph Grimaldi, in the character of clown in the pantomime of the
Red dwarf, wears black coal scuttles with spurs and horseshoes on his feet; he addresses a nobleman who possibly personifies England's
Prince Regent.
box 9*, folder 7
Grimaldi & the nondescript in the Red dwarf Heath, William, etcher
[18--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching, hand col. Im. 20.4 x 32; Sh. 28.8 x 35.4
Scope and Contents note
Joseph Grimaldi is shown playing the clown in the pantomime of the
Red dwarf. Inscription in the plate's lower margin: the Clown kills the Pantaloon and afterwards Dresses him in the Skin of a Lion,
the Head of an Ass Eagles Wings Cats feet & a Fishes tail
box 9*, folder 7
Mr. Grimaldi & Mr Norman in the Epping hunt from the popular pantomime of the Red dwarf
[18--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching, hand col. Im. 21.9 x 32.5; Sh. 28.4 x 37.4
Scope and Contents note
Joseph Grimaldi, in the character of clown in the pantomime of the Red dwarf, rides a horse and holds a large whip. Norman,
as Pantaloon, rides a pony in front of Grimaldi.
box 9*, folder 7
Joe Grimaldi, as clown in the pantomime of Mother Goose. Harris, John, etcher De Wilde, Samuel, draftsman London: Published by Richard Bentley, 1846
1846
Container Summary: 1 print : aquatint, hand col. Im. 12 x 8.1; Sh. 17.7 x 11.2
Scope and Contents note
English clown and pantomimist Joseph Grimaldi is shown playing in the pantomime of Mother Goose. Inscription below image:
Sir, I'll just trouble you with a line!
Inscribed: S. De Wilde del. / J. Harris sculp.
Also see: Series V.
Guérin, Robert
Scope and Contents note
See Box 12*, folder 3.
Guéru, Hugues
Scope and Contents note
See Box 12*, folder 3.
Hardouin de Saint-Jacques, Bertrand
Scope and Contents note
See Box 12*, folder 3.
box 9*, folder 8
Costume de Howel rôle d'Arlequin, et de Miss Frood, rôle de Colombine, dans Arlequin (pantomime anglaise). [Paris] : Publié par Hautecoeur-Martinet, rue du Coq, no. 15, à Paris.
[18--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching, hand col. Im. 15.8 x 11; Pl. 19.2 x ca.12.4; Sh. 22.9 x 13.4
Scope and Contents note
The actors Frood and Howel are in costumes for the roles of Columbine and Harlequin in a pantomime performed at the Théâtre
des Variétés in Paris. Inscription above image: Th. des Variétés / No. 1546.
Laporte, Jacques, called Delaporte
box 9*, folder 9
Costume de Laporte, rôle d'Arlequin, dans Les femmes rivaux Vaud. A Paris : Chez Martinet, libraire, rue du Coq no. 13 et 15
[18--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching, hand col. Pl. 20.2 x 12; Sh. 23.3 x 14.1
Scope and Contents note
French actor Jacques Laporte is shown in costume for the role of Harlequin in a play performed at the Théâtre du Vaudeville
in Paris. Inscription above image: Th. de Vaudeville. Numbered in ink above image: No. 141. Annotated in brown ink below image:
Je crois que j'en devenois noir de colère. Scène 3.
Ref.: Lyonnet, H.
Dictionnaire des comédiens, v. 2, p. 289
box 9*, folder 9
Laporte, rôle de Dominique, dans Allez voir Dominique, Vaud. en I acte. A Paris : Chez Martinet, libraire, rue du Coq no. 13 et 15
[18--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching, hand col. Pl. 19.1 x 12; Sh. 22 x 13.5
Scope and Contents note
The portrait is of French actor Jacques Laporte in costume for the role of Dominique in the play
Allez voir Dominique performed at the Théâtre du Vaudeville in Paris. He is shown with a mask taken off. Inscription below image: Tu l'as nommé
Docteur. Scene XI. Inscribed: Carle del. Numbered in upper left corner of image: No. 187.
Ref.: Lyonnet, H.
Dictionnaire des comédiens, v. 2, p. 289, ill.
box 9*, folder 9
Laporte, rôle d'Arlequin, dans Le nécessaire et le superflu. Vaudeville. Joly, Adrien Jean Baptiste Muffat, draftsman A Paris : Chez Martinet, libraire, rue du Coq, no. 15
[18--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching, hand col. Pl. 19.3 x 10.7; Sh. 22.4 x 14.3
Scope and Contents note
French actor Jacques Laporte is shown in costume for the role of Harlequin in the play
Le nécessaire et le superflu held at the Théâtre du Vaudeville in Paris. Inscription below image: Ah! bon genie regardez donc par là; ne trouvez-vous
pas que cette mauvaise bicoque qui est la au bout du jardin, gêne la vue? Inscription above image: Th. du Vaudeville. Numbered
in upper right corner of image: No. 424. Inscribed: Joly del.
Ref.: Lyonnet, H.
Dictionnaire des comédiens, v. 2, p. 289
box 9*, folder 10
Mr. Macklin and Mr Dunstall, in the characters of Sr. Francis Wronghead and John Moody. Reading, Burnet, etcher [London] : Published Dec.r 24 by T. Lowndes & partners
[18--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching, hand col. Im. 13.2 x 8.9; Sh. 17.1 x 9.8
Scope and Contents note
Irish-born actor Charles Macklin (MacLaughlin) plays the role of Francis Wronghead in Sir John Vanbrugh's comedy
The provoked husband. He is shown addressing John Dunstall, who plays the role of John Moody. Inscribed below image: Dodd ad viv del. / Reading
sculp. Inscription above image: PROVOKED HUSBAND. / Act. II. / Scene the last. Inscription below image: Sir Franc. Odsbud!
if I take him in hand I'll play the Devil with him.
Malvezzi, Tommaso
Scope and Contents note
See: Brambilla, Teresina.
Marchetti, Angela
Scope and Contents note
See: Box 21*, folder 7
Mendelys, Christiane
Scope and Contents note
See: Najac, Émile de
box 9*, folder 11
Raphael Menicuccius celeberrimus in utroq. orbe terrarum Leoni, Ottavio, etcher
1625
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Sh. 14.1 x 11
Scope and Contents note
The bust portrait is of Raffaello Menicucci.
Ref.: Bartsch 31; Buffa, S.
Italian artists of the sixteenth century, 38 [XVII/pt. 5] of
The illustrated Bartsch, p. 189
box 9*, folder 12
Levray portrait de Moliere en habit de Sganarelle Simonin, etcher
[16--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Sh. 16.2 x 11.8; Mt. 44 x 30.6
Scope and Contents note
The full-length portrait is of French playwright and actor Jean Baptiste Poquelin, known under his stage name Molière. He
is shown in costume for the role of Sganarelle in the comedy Le médecin malgré lui. Inscribed: Simonin Fecit.
Ref.: Thieme-Becker, v. 33, p. 74; Lyonnet, H.
Dictionnaire des comédiens, v. 2, p. 447, no. 3
box 9*, folder 13
Peau d'âne
[18--]
Container Summary: 1 print : photogravure. Im. 27.3 x 21.2; Sh. 34.7 x 27.4
Scope and Contents note
The print depicts the two actors Christiane Mendelys and Émile de Najac, the latter dressed as Pierrot. Issued in:
Le théâtre.
Caption below image: Photo Crémière / LA GARDEUSE D'OIE (Mlle Chr. Mendelys) / LE ROI PIERROT (M. de Najac)
Niccolini, G. B. (Giovanni Battista)
box 9*, folder 14
G. B. Niccolini:
[Florence] : Lit. A. Fedi Firenze.
[18--]
Container Summary: 1 print : lithograph. Im. 30.2 x 22.9; Sh. 41.7 x 32.1
Scope and Contents note
The seated bust portrait is of Italian playwright Giovanni Battista Niccolini. Signed: Vivaldi.
box 10*, folder 1
Poisson, ancien acteur Prud'hon, Jean, lithographer
[18--]
Container Summary: 1 print : lithograph, hand col. Im. 20.2 x 14.9; Sh. 33.2 x 25.8
Scope and Contents note
The portrait is of French
commedia dell'arte actor Raymond Poisson, founder of a family of actors and a member of the company at the Hôtel de Bourgogne in Paris, who
specialized in the role of the valet Crispin. Inscription above image: Galerie Théâtrale. Inscription below image: Favart
del: / Déposé à la Direct.on … / Prud'hon Sculp.t.// (Théâtre Français) … (Dans l'emploi des Crispins).
Ref.: Béraldi, H.
Les graveurs du XIXe siècle, t. XI, p. 53
Also see: Box 11*, folder 10, and FF. 21**.
box 10*, folder 2
Pierre-Louis Dubus de Preville, comédien françois. Il a débuté le 20. 7.bre 1753. par Crispin du légataire, et a été reçu
et pensionné du Roi à Fontainebleau le 20. 8.bre suivant, avant la fin de son début.
Michel, Jean-Baptiste, engraver A Paris : Chez Petit, rue du Petit Pont, à l'Image N.D.
1767
Container Summary: 1 print : engraving, etching. Im. 31.2 x 23.2; Pl. 36.9 x 25.8; Sh. 49.9 x 35.4
Scope and Contents note
The bust portrait in an oval frame is of French
commedia dell'arte actor Préville. Act I, scene 4 of the comedy
Les folies amoureuses by Jean-François Régnard is depicted in the relief below the portrait. Inscription: J'ai fait tant de metiers d'après le
naturel / Que je puis m'appeller un Homme universel. Inscribed on pedestal: Joan.Bap. Michel fecit 1767.
box 10*, folder 2
Preville, comedien ordinaire du Roi dans Crispin des folies amoureuses. Naudet, Caroline, engraver; publisher A Paris : Chez Naudet m.d d'estampes au Louvre
1812
Container Summary: 1 print : engraving. Im 13.3 x 8.8; Sh. 16.1 x 11
Scope and Contents note
The full-length portrait is of French
commedia dell'arte actor Préville shown facing right and in costume for the role of Crispin. Inscribed: Caroline Naudet fecit 1812.
box 10*, folder 3
Adelaide Ristori prima attrice l'autunno del 1842 in Roma
[ca. 1842]
Container Summary: 1 print : chalk lithograph. Sh. 46.6 x 34.8
Scope and Contents note
The three-quarter length portrait of Adelaide Ristori shows the Italian actress seated in front of a balustrade and holding
a sprig of flowers. Inscription below image: Il Ciel la diede a noi in questa etade / … / Petr. Rime. Inscribed below image:
Baldisseroni dis. / Danesi lit.
box 10*, folder 3
Adelaide Ristori Bologna nel carnevale del 1845 Lith. Angiolini e C.
[ca. 1845]
Container Summary: 1 print : lithograph. Im. 21 x 16.9; Sh. 43.3 x 29.4
Scope and Contents note
The three-quarter length portrait is of Italian actress Adelaide Ristori. It is signed: Frulli dis.
box 10*, folder 3
L'étoile d'Italie. Polka de salon à Mme. Adélaïde Ristori composée pour piano par Camille Schubert. Paris : C. Prilipp, éditeur boulevard des Italiens, 19, Londres, Schott & c.ie.
[18--]
Container Summary: 1 print : chalk lithograph. Sh. 25.7 x 34
Scope and Contents note
The print is a cover for a musical score of a polka composed by Camille Schubert, also named Prilipp. It incorporates in its
center a portrait medallion of Adelaide Ristori. Inscribed: Victor Coindre / Lith. Bertauts r. Cadeth Paris.
box 10*, folder 3
The Ristori valse by Adrien Talex London : Boosey & Sons, 28, Holles Street.
[18--]
Container Summary: 1 print : chalk lithograph. Sh. 34 x 24.2
Scope and Contents note
The three-quarter length portrait of Adelaide Ristori shows the Italian actress in costume and wearing a laurel wreath.
box 10*, folder 3
Madame Ristori Geoffroy, Charles, lithographer [Paris] : Marchant édit.r alliance des arts. Paris
[18--]
Container Summary: 1 print : lithograph. Im. 20.3 x 15.8; Sh. 28.9 x 20.7
Scope and Contents note
The seated three-quarter length portrait is of Adelaide Ristori shown with head facing right. Inscribed below image: Geoffory
Sculp. / Sarazin Imp.
box 10*, folder 3
M.me Ristori dans Myrra Geoffroy, Charles, lithographer Paris : Imp. F. Chardon a.é 30. r. Hautefeuille
[18--]
Container Summary: 1 print : steel engraving, col. Pl. 25.2 x 18; Sh. 27 x 19
Scope and Contents note
The full-length portrait is of Italian actress Adelaide Ristori. Inscribed below image: Ch. Geoffroy pinx. et sc.
Ref.: Béraldi, H.
Les graveurs du XIXe siècle, v. 7, p. 8
Included: article "Mme A. Ristori - A Charles Geoffroy".
box 10*, folder 3
Madame Ristori [London] : Judd & co. lith. Doctors' Commons, London E.C.
1882
Container Summary: 1 print : lithograph, col. Im. 29. x 22; Sh. 37.3 x 27
Scope and Contents note
The bust portrait is of Italian actress Adelaide Ristori. Issued in:
The Whitehall review, March 30, 1882.
box 10*, folder 4
Marc Antoine Romagnezi. dans le personnage du docteur Balouard.
[18--]
Container Summary: 1 print : chalk lithograph. Sh. 25.5 x 17.6
Scope and Contents note
The full-length portrait is of Italian poet and
commedia dell'arte actor Marc'Antonio Romagnesi, who was active in Paris. He is shown facing right in costume for the role of Doctor Gratiano
Baloardo. Numbered in upper right: 12. Inscription below image: I. lith. de Delpech. Inscription below image: (Comed.ie Italienne)
(Année 1550).
Also see: Box 11*, folder 8-10
box 10*, folder 5
Jean Louis La Ruette comedien italien ordinnaire du roi. reçu en 1762. Elluin, François Roland, etcher A Paris : Chez l'auteur, rue St. Jacques vis à vis celle des Mathurins
[ca. 1762]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching, hand col. Pl. 25.5 x 18.8; Sh. 31.2 x 28.2
Scope and Contents note
The oval bust portrait is of Jean-Louis La Ruette, a French composer and singer who joined the Opéra-Comique in Paris in 1752.
Title in capital letters in frame and inscription appears on pedestal: Brillant dans mon employ / … / Le Marechal Scene XIV.
Inscribed: le Clerc del. / Elluin Sculp.
box 10*, folder 6
Tommaso Salvini as Othello Photogravure. Gebbie & Husson Co. Ltd.
Copyrighted 1890 by Gebbie & Co.
Container Summary: 1 print : photogravure. Im. 24 x 16; Sh. 41.6 x 27.7
Scope and Contents note
The profile bust portrait is of Italian actor Tommaso Salvini facing left and in costume for the role of Othello in Shakespeare's
tragedy.
box 10*, folder 6
Othello Pellegrini, Carlo, lithographer. Vincent Brooks Day & Son. Lith.
1875
Container Summary: 1 print : lithograph, col. Im. 31.2 x 18.5; Sh. 38.3 x 26.5
Scope and Contents note
The full-length portrait is of Italian actor Tommaso Salvini in costume for the role of Othello in Shakespeare's tragedy.
It was issued in:
Vanity fair, May 22, 1875.
Included: "Men of the day. No. 104. Signor Tommaso Salvini" -- article issued in
Vanity fair.
Saqui, Marguerite Antoinette Lalanne
box 10*, folder 7
Madame Saqui the celebrated performer on the rope at Vauxhall
[18--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Pl. 23.6 x 14.6; Sh. 24.7 x 16; Mt. 34.2 x 24.6
Scope and Contents note
Marguerite Antoinette Saqui, a funambulist or tightrope walker, who performed at Covent Garden and at Vauxhall Gardens in
London, is shown in costume, performing on a rope above a landscape. Inscribed: ... engraved by Alais, from an original painting
by Hutchisson of Bath.
Sarsalli, Laura
Scope and Contents note
See: Box 21*, folder 7.
Thénard, also called Auguste Pierre Louis Chevalier Perrin
box 10*, folder 8
Mr. Thénard, rôle de Sganarelle, dans le Medecin malgré lui
[17--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 5.8 x 8.3; Pl. 8.5 x 10.7; Sh. 19.8 x 24.8
Scope and Contents note
French actor Thénard is shown in costume for the role of Sganarelle or the doctor in the play
Le médecin malgré lui. He stands in a landscape between two figures and holds a flask.
box 10*, folder 9
Joseph Tortoriti faisant le personage de Scaramouche Mariette, Jean, publisher A Paris : Chez J. Mariette rue St Jacques aux Colonnes d'Hercules. avec priv. du roy.
[ca. 1716-ca. 1742]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 27.8 x 19.4; Sh. 30.5 x 20.4
Scope and Contents note
The portrait is of Italian
commedia dell'arte actor Giuseppe Tortoriti who was a member of the Comédie-Italienne in Paris and who, after 1697, was at the head of a
commedia dell'arte troupe active in various French cities. He is shown in costume for the role of Scaramuccia (Scaramouche), stepping to the
right and holding a guitar in the left hand.
box 10*, folder 10
Angelique Toscano ditte Marinette Mariette, Jean, etcher Picart, Bernard, draftsman
[ca. 1716-ca. 1742]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 26.9 x 19.1; Sh. 28.5 x 19.5
Scope and Contents note
The full-length portrait is of Italian
commedia dell'arte actress Angelica Toscano in costume for the role of Marinetta and standing in front a décor. The spouse of Giuseppe Tortoriti,
Toscano performed in Paris and, after 1697, was active in various French cities.
Ref.: Guardenti, no. 25
box 10*, folder 10
Angelique Toscano, ditte Marinette Mariette, Jean, etcher Picart, Bernard, draftsman [Paris] : Colonnes d'Hercules avec privil. du roy.
[ca. 1716-ca. 1742]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 10 x 6.4; Sh. 10.5 x 6.9; Mt. 20.2 x 9.4
Scope and Contents note
The full-length portrait is of Italian
commedia dell'arte actress Angelica Toscano in costume for the role of Marinetta or Marinette.
Ref.: Guardenti, no. 29
box 10*, folder 10
[Angelique Toscano, dite Marinette]
[18--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching, hand col. Sh. 26.5 x 18.4; Mt. 30.1 x 21
Scope and Contents note
The full-length portrait is of Italian
commedia dell'arte actress Angelica Toscano in costume for the role of Marinetta or Marinette.
Annotated in brown ink: Angelique Toscano, dite Marinette.
Varesi, Felice
Scope and Contents note
See: Brambilla, Teresina
box 10*, folder 11
Mr. Charles Wood as Harlequin
[18--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Pl. 19.3 x 13.7; Sh. 25.5 x 18.6
Scope and Contents note
The standing portrait of Charles Wood shows the actor in costume for the role of Harlequin, with one hand on hat, the other
on a sword that is inscribed: LOVE. Pencilled below image: JHW [?] / BT Proof.
Commedia dell'arte, Series IV.
ca. 1560-ca. 1954
Container Summary: 9 boxes, 16 flat file folders 295 prints, 1 pamphlet, 1 score, 16 cutouts
Scope and Contents note
The series documents the iconography of a specific theatrical genre, the
commedia dell'arte, from the 16th to the 20th century. It comprises prints of
commedia dell'arte characters and masks by prominent printmakers, such as the suite known as
Les trois Pantalons or
The three Pantaloons by Jacques Callot and the engraving
L'amour au théâtre italien by Charles-Nicolas Cochin, which is based on Antoine Watteau's painting at the Staatliche Museen, Berlin. The series also
comprises printed ephemera that shed light on the variety of uses of
commedia dell'arte imagery, and its social and historical context. It is divided into three subseries: characters and masks, performances, and
uses of
commedia dell'arte imagery. Other
commedia dell'arte images are featured in Series I (Box 5*, folder 4), Series II (Box 7*, folders 2-3), Series III, and Series V.
Characters and masks, Series IV.A.
ca. 1560-ca. 1954
Container Summary: 5 boxes, 5 flat file folders 158 prints, 15 cutouts
Scope and Contents note
The subseries comprises prints of single and multiple
commedia dell'arte characters and masks. A large number of the prints formed suites, some originally bound. In order to retain the coherence
of these suites, the subseries has been organized chronologically by printmakers and publishers, rather than by character
names. The subseries attests to the early interest in the
commedia dell'arte in Italy. The reception of the genre in France is exemplified by Jacques Callot's œuvre and by prints engraved in Paris during
the last decades of the 17th century when Italian companies were present in Paris and benefited from royal support. The intensive
publishing activity in the rue Saint-Jacques in Paris emerges as a foyer of great diffusion of the
commedia dell'arte repertoire, as is shown in the prints issued by Jean Le Blond I, Henri and Nicolas Bonnart, François Jollain, and Antoine
Trouvain. The subseries also illustrates the reception of the work of painters and draftsmen Claude Gillot, Antoine Watteau,
Nicolas Lancret, and Cornelis Troost. The prints by Frederick Carter and the cutout silhouettes of Lotte Reiniger exemplify
ways in which XXth century artists used a traditional repertoire to address new artistic concerns.
box 11*, folder 1
[Pantaloon] [S.l.] : Petri de Nobilibus formis
[15--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Pl. 21 x 14.7; Sh. 21.2 x 15.1; Mt. 35.4 x 26.5
Scope and Contents note
Pantalone or Pantaloon plays a stringed instrument, possibly a lute, an owl resting on his shoulder. He sings and plays to
Franceschina, while looking down towards a puppy dog (i.e. cagnolino) that holds an open book containing musicscores.
Inscription in upper right: Tra la Ciuetta, é mi, é la Cagnolina / Cantiamo per rasón la franceschina.
box 11*, folder 2
[Pulcinella; Zanni; Il Dottore]
[16--]
Container Summary: 3 prints : etching. Pl. 30 x 18.4; Sh. 37.9 x 21.7
Scope and Contents note
Three prints of
commedia dell'arte characters Pulcinella (i.e. Punchinello), Zanni, and Il Dottore (i.e. The Doctor). Inscription in the plate's lower margin
of
Pulcinella: Io sono quel famoso Pulcinella / … Numbered in lower left corner of image: 696. Annotated in ink: 961 / 21. Inscription
in the plate's lower margin of
Zanni: A me non da fastidio la pigione / … Numbered in the lower right of plate: 963 / 23. Inscription in the plate's lower margin
of
Il Dottore: A suon di Campanacci addottorato / … Numbered in lower left corner of image: 699. The three prints are identified in Duchartre
as etchings by Jacob de Gheyn II (1565-1629).
box 11*, folder 3
[Les trois Pantalons] Callot, Jacques, etcher
[ca. 1618-ca. 1620]
Container Summary: 3 prints : etching, engraving. Pl. 24.2 x 15.3; Sh. 24.8 x 16.1
Scope and Contents note
Complete suite of
Les trois Pantalons or
The three Pantaloons representing three stock characters from the
commedia dell'arte: Pantalone [i.e. Pantaloon], Il Capitano or L'Innamorato [i.e. The Captain or Lover], and Zanni or Scapin.
Ref.: Lieure 288-290
box 11*, folder 4
[Zanni, or Scapin] Callot, Jacques, etcher
[ca. 1618-ca. 1620]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching, engraving. Im. 21.5 x 14.5; Mt. 25 x 17.7
Scope and Contents note
The figure of Zanni or Scapin from the suite of
Les trois Pantalons or
The three Pantaloons is shown standing and holding a sword, while spectators watch a performance on stage in the background.
Annotated in ink: Callot fecit.
Ref.: Lieure 290
box 14*
Balli di sfessania Callot, Jacques, etcher
[ca. 1621]
Container Summary: 24 prints : etching. Pl. 7.3 x 9.4; Sh. 7.6 x 9.7
Scope and Contents note
Complete suite comprising a title leaf and 23 etchings portraying dancers or performers identified by inscriptions. Several
of these bear the names of
commedia dell'arte characters: Mezzetino, Pulcinella, Scapino, and Scaramuccia.
Ref.: Lieure 379-402; Posner, D. "Jacques Callot and the dances called Balli di sfessania,"
Art bulletin (June 1977), v. LIX/2, p. 203-216
box 11*, folder 5
[Commedia dell'arte characters] Bonnart, Henri, publisher
[16--]
Container Summary: 17 prints : etching, engraving. Pl. 15 x 10; Sh. 20.6 x 14.5
Scope and Contents note
Each etching in this set of small prints depicts a single
commedia dell'arte figure in a bare setting, identified by an inscription in the lower margin. Most of the prints are inscribed with the imprint
of Henri Bonnart. The prints are titled:
Le capitan Spezzaferre (i.e. The Captain),
Le Pantalon venitien (i.e. Pantaloon or Pantalone),
Mesetin (i.e. Mezzetino, Mezzetin),
Le comedien serieux,
Gilotin,
La comedienne,
Arlequin (i.e. Harlequin, Arlecchino),
Le Docteur (i.e. The Doctor),
Briguelle,
Diamantine,
Triuelin (i.e. Trivelin),
Scaramouche (i.e. Scaramuccia),
Arlequin,
Le vulcain de l'opera,
L'opérateur Turpin,
Polichinelle (i.e. Punchinello, Pulcinella),
Scaramouche. Watermarks. Numbered in red pencil in upper margin: 34, 55, 70, 71, 73, 74, 74, 75, 76, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 83, 84,
85. The print titled
L'opérateur Turpin bears the partially legible name of Gérard Scotin.
Ref.: Weigert, no. 577-602 (for complete suite)
box 11*, folder 6
Gilotin; Mezetin Boccale Bonnart, Henri, publisher [Paris] : Chez HBonnart rüe S. Iacques au Coq avec priu.
[16--]
Container Summary: 2 prints : etching, engraving. Pl. 27 x 19; Sh. 36.4 x 23.5
Scope and Contents note
The prints show the
commedia dell'arte characters Gilotin and Mezzetino.
Ref.: Guardenti, no. 287; Weigert, no. 593
box 11*, folder 7
Mezetin Boccale Bonnart, Henri, publisher [Paris] : Chez HBonnart vis a vis les Mathurins au Coq avec priuil.
[16--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching, engraving. Im. 23 x 17.7; Sh. 26.6 x 18.7; Mt. 29.4 x 19.4
Scope and Contents note
The masked figure of Mezzetino is shown holding a sword, standing besides a monkey that carries a scroll.
Ref.: Weigert, no. 593
box 11*, folder 8
[Costumes de Venise] Bonnart, Nicolas, publisher
[16--]
Container Summary: 6 prints : etching, engraving. Pl. 16.5 x 11.8; Sh. 20.6 x 14.5
Scope and Contents note
Each etching in this set depicts a single
commedia dell'arte figure standing in a landscape:
Pantalon, masque venitien (i.e. Pantaloon or Pantalone),
Harlequin, comedien burlesque (i.e. Arlequin, Arlecchino),
Pasquarel, comedien boufon d'Italie (i.e. Pasquarelli),
Scaramouche, en colere (i.e. Scaramuccia),
Le docteur Gratian Baloüard (i.e. The Doctor), and
Polichinelle, masque burlesque (i.e. Punchinello, Pulcinella). The imprint of Nicolas Bonnart is inscribed in the lower margin and below the image appears:
Tiré du Cabinet de Mr. Chassebras de Cramailles. The print
Scaramouche, en colere is a portrait of Marc'Antonio Romagnesi. Numbered in red pencil in upper part of image: 64; 65; 66; 67; 68; 69.
Ref.: Weigert, no. 346-347, 350-353
box 11*, folder 9
Le docteur Balouarde; Spezza Ferre Bonnart, Nicolas, publisher
[16--]
Container Summary: 2 prints : etching, engraving. Pl. 26.3 x 18.6; Sh. 33 x 24.1
Scope and Contents note
Two prints of
commedia dell'arte characters titled
Le docteur Balouarde (i.e. The Doctor) and
Spezza Ferre. The imprint of Nicolas Bonnart is inscribed in the lower margin and a signature appears in the lower left corner of the
image: Bonnart f. The Doctor is a portrait of Marc'Antonio Romagnesi.
Ref.: Weigert, no. 360, 370.
box 11*, folder 10
[Commedia dell'arte characters] Bonnart, Nicolas, publisher
[16--]
Container Summary: 10 prints : etching, engraving. Pl. 26.7 x 18.7; Sh. 36.5 x 22.5
Scope and Contents note
The prints are:
Arlequin (i.e. Harlequin, Arlecchino),
Arlequin au ventre de sa mere la Tonne,
Arlequin, gentilhomme marchand de piereries,
Crispin,
Le docteur Balouarde (i.e. The Doctor),
Polichinelle (i.e. Pulcinella, Punchinello),
Scaramouche (i.e. Scaramuccia),
Scaramouche entrant au theatre,
Le vulcain de l'opera, and
Le sabotier. The characters Crispin and the Doctor are portraits of Raymond Poisson and Marc'Antonio Romagnesi.
Ref.: Weigert, no. 354-356, 359-360, 364, 366, 368, 370
box 11*, folder 11
Arlequin; Polichinelle; Scaramouche entrant au theatre Bonnart, Nicolas, publisher
[16--]
Container Summary: 3 prints : etching, engraving. Sh. 26 x 17.8
Scope and Contents note
The prints of
commedia dell'arte characters are titled:
Arlequin (i.e. Harlequin, Arlecchino),
Polichinelle (i.e. Pulcinella, Punchinello),
Scaramouche entrant au theatre (i.e. Scaramuccia). The imprint of Nicolas Bonnart appears in the lower margin. The signature of Bonnart is inscribed in
the lower left corner of
Polichinelle and
Scaramouche entrant au theatre.
Ref.: Weigert, no. 354, 364, 368
box 12*, folder 1
[Harlequin, or Arlecchino] Mitelli, Giuseppe Maria, etcher
[ca. 1675]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 27 x 19.5; Pl. 27.7 x 20.2; Sh. 34.4 x 25.5
Scope and Contents note
The plate from the suite
Le ventiquattr'hore dell'hvmana felicità … (Bologna, 1675) shows Harlequin (i.e. Arlequin, Arlecchino) performing a dance step, with one hand on sword and other held
high with palm up.
Inscription in the plate's lower margin: COMICO / Io uò uendendo altrui frottole e fole / … // MORTE / Dal Tarlo mio tù per
sottrarti, i sali / …
Ref.: Varignana, F. Giuseppe Maria Mitelli. Le incisioni, no. 254
box 12*, folder 2
Gvillot Goriv; Gandolin Falck, Jeremiasz, engraver
[16--]
Container Summary: 2 prints : engraving. Im. 27.8 x 20.4; Sh. 31 x 20.5
Scope and Contents note
The prints depict the figures in profile of Gandolin and Guillot Goriu [i.e. Guillot Gorju] in an architectural setting. The
imprint of Jean Le Blond at the sign of the
Cloche d'argent on rue Saint-Jacques, Paris, appears in the lower margin of
Giullot Goriu.
box 12*, folder 3
[Commedia dell'arte characters] Rousselet, Gilles, engraver Couvay, Jean, engraver Huret, Grégoire, designer Mariette, Jean, publisher Paris : Mariette
excu. …
[16--]
Container Summary: 6 prints : engraving. Im. 26.9 x 20.5; Sh. 31.5 x 21.2
Scope and Contents note
A suite featuring four prints engraved by Gilles Rousselet and two by Jean Couvay. Each print depicts a character from the
commedia dell'arte and a well-known actor. The prints are titled:
Gaultier Garguille (i.e. Hugues Guéru),
Gros Guillaume (i.e. Robert Guérin),
Turlupin (i.e. Henri Legrand),
Iodelet (i.e. Jodelet, the actor Julien Bedeau),
Le capitan Matamore (i.e. The Captain), and
Gvillot Goriv (i.e. Guillot Gorju, Bertrand Hardouin de Saint-Jacques). Numbered in lower right corner: 1 to 6.
box 12*, folder 4
[Commedia dell'arte characters] Trouvain, Antoine, publisher
[16--]
Container Summary: 8 prints : etching. Im. 15.5 x 11.3; Pl. 17.6 x 12.2; Sh. 20 x 15.8
Scope and Contents note
Each etching in this set of small prints is inscribed with the imprint of the publisher Antoine Trouvain at the sign of the
Grand monarque on rue Saint-Jacques, Paris. The prints are titled:
Mezetin (i.e. Mezzetino),
Arlequin (i.e. Harlequin, Arlecchino),
Gilotin,
Polichinelle (i.e. Pulcinella),
Le sabotier,
Scaramouche (i.e. Scaramouche, Scaramuccia),
Spezza Ferre (i.e. the Captain), and
Le vulcain de l'opera. Watermarks.
box 12*, folder 5
[Scaramouche]; Dame Ragonde Guérard, François, etcher
[16--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching, engraving. Pl. 16.4 x 11.5; Sh. 21 x 15.7
Scope and Contents note
Figure of Scaramouche (i.e. Scaramuccia) holding guitar while other hand is held out, palm open, and figure of Dame Ragonde
in a landscape setting with trees in the background. Inscription in the lower margin of
[Scaramouche]: Dans cette habit fantastique … Inscription in the lower margin of
Dame Ragonde : Vous cherchez qui je suis …
box 12*, folder 6
[Commedia dell'arte characters] Jollain, François, publisher
[16--]
Container Summary: 10 prints : engraving. Im. 26.1 x 18.5; Pl. 20 x 18.9; Sh. 36.5 x 23
Scope and Contents note
Each engraving in this set of large prints depicts a standing figure from the
commedia dell'arte with a scene performed on stage in the background. The imprint of François Jollain appears on most prints, while several
engravings are inscribed with the signature: Leroux f. The prints are titled:
Voila le grand Polichinelle dit le pere aux autres (i.e. Pulcinella, Punchinello),
Pascariele,
Arlequin (i.e. Harlequin, Arlecchino),
Crispin,
Voila le drolle de Gille (i.e. Gilles),
Le magister naso,
Scaramouche (i.e. Scaramuccia),
Pantalon (i.e. Pantalone, Pantaloon),
Le sabotier,
Le docteur Ballouard (i.e. the Doctor).
box 12*, folder 7
Pantalon Jollain, François, publisher
[16--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching, engraving. Im. 25.3 x 18.2; Pl. 27.8 x 18.6; Sh. 35.1 x 23.4
Scope and Contents note
The figure of Pantaloon (i.e. Pantalone) facing left is derived from an etching by Jacques Callot.
Ref.: Weigert, no. 343
box 12*, folder 8
Le capiten Spezza Ferre
[17--]
Container Summary: 1 print : engraving, hand col. Im. 22.9 x 17.5; Sh. 26 x 18.2
Scope and Contents note
The figure of Spezza Ferre (i.e. the Captain) stands before a garden. Inscribed in the lower margin: Spezza ferre est rude
a l'Espade / Mais ce n'est qu'en rodomontade. The print, although unsigned, is possibly by Jean-Baptiste Broebes (/Brebes).
It is derived from the print titled
Le capitan Spezzaferre issued by Henri Bonnart, but was printed in reverse direction. Numbered in lower right: 6.
Ref.: Guardenti, no. 261
box 12*, folder 9
[Commedia dell'arte characters]
[17--]
Container Summary: 4 prints : etching. Im. 14.5 x 10; Sh. 19.4 x 10.8
Scope and Contents note
Four prints based on satires by Horace and Juvenal that show
commedia dell'arte characters and masks: Mezzetin (i.e. Mezzetino), Pantaloon (i.e. Pantalone), Scaramouche (i.e. Scaramuccia), and Jean Gurgulo
(i.e. Giangurgolo). The figure of Mezzetin is a standing portrait of Angelo Constantini, based on a painting by François de
Troy. Each print is inscribed with a title and a reference to Horace or Juvenal. Ref.: Guardenti, no. 186, 194-196
box 12*, folder 10
Het nieuw geopend Italiaans Toneel, vertonende de vonderlyke ziekte bezwangerkeid en baring van Arlequin benevens de opvoeding
van des zelfs Jongen Zoon
Xavery, Gerard Jozeph, draftsman; designer Schenk, Peter, publisher T Amsterdam : By Petrus Schenk woor ann in de Warmoes
Straat …
[17--]
Container Summary: 16 prints : etching. Pl. 23.5 x 20.7; Sh. 24.4 x 21.3
Scope and Contents note
A set comprised of a hand-colored title leaf and 15 b&w etchings (pl. 1-3, 5-16) depicting the illness, pregnancy, and confinement
of Harlequin, as well as the education of his son.
Ref.: Molinari, p. 166-172
box 12*, folder 11
Kolombine. Arlequin Xavery, Gerard Jozeph, draftsman; designer Schenk, Peter, publisher
[17--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Pl. 22.7 x 20.7; Sh. 23.7 x 21.8
Scope and Contents note
The print depicts Harlequin whipping his son. It is numbered 14 and forms part of the suite
Het neiuw geopend Italiaans Toneel ….
box 12*, folder 12
Cette bouche si charmante … Xavery, Gerard Jozeph, draftsman; designer
[17--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Pl. 23.1 x 20.6; Sh. 23.7 x 21.6
Scope and Contents note
The commedia dell'arte scene is inscribed in the lower margin: G. I. Xavery Inv. et Del.
box 13*, folder 1
Le theatre italien Schmidt, Georg Friedrich, etcher Lancret, Nicolas, designer; Larmessin, Nicolas de, publisher; A Paris : Chez N de Larmessin
graveur du Roy rüe des Noyers a la 4e porte cocher adroite entrant par la rüe St. Jacques A.P.D.R.
[17--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Pl. 31.6 x 23.2; Sh. 32.3 x 24.3
Scope and Contents note
The reproductive print after Nicolas Lancret's painting
Comédiens italiens (Paris, musée du Louvre) features the Doctor, Harlequin, Gilotin, Columbine, and Brighella who stand in front of a wooded
area.
Inscription in the lower margin: Ici les jeux badins et l'aimable folie …
box 13*, folder 2
Arlequin toovenaar en barbier / Arlequin magicien & barbier Tanjé, Pieter, etcher Troost, Cornelis, designer te Amsterdam : By P. Fouquet Junior 1758
1758
Container Summary: 1 print : engraving. Im. 29.7 x 24.7; Pl. 36.6 x 26.7; Sh. 39.9 x 30
Scope and Contents note
The street scene shows Harlequin (i.e. Arlecchino, Arlequin) in the role of a barber (Niemeijer, J. W. Cornelis Troost, no.
282). Dedicated to: Antoine Joseph de Bergk.
box 13*, folder 3
[Sous un habit de Mezetin] Watteau, Antoine, designer
[17--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Sh. 26.8 x 19.2
Scope and Contents note
The anonymous print after Antoine Watteau's painting at the Wallace Collection in London, also known as
Gilles and his family, shows figures in front of an arch. Mezzetino is a portrait of Pierre Sirois.
Ref.: Le Blanc, C.
Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, vol. 4, p. 32, no. 51; Dacier, É., Vuaflart, A.
Jean de Jullienne, no. 131 (with no inscriptions, in reverse from ill. 131)
box 13*, folder 4
Balet italien; Consert italien Watteau, Antoine, designer
[17--]
Container Summary: 2 prints : etching. Im. 11.1 x 8; Pl. 12.6 x 8; Sh. 17.7 x 20.3
Scope and Contents note
Two anonymous prints after Antoine Watteau.
Balet italien, a reduced copy of the etching
Les habits sont italiens … published by Sirois, shows Pierrot (or Gilles?) and other figures standing in front of a curtain and landscape. Inscribed
in the lower margin: Wateaux pinx. / et se vent a Pari[s]. Inscription in the lower margin: Les habits son Italiens …
Consert italien, a reduced copy of the etching
Sous un habit de Mezetin …, shows figures in front of an arch. Mezzetino playing the guitar is a portrait of Pierre Sirois. Inscribed in the lower margin:
Wateaux pinx. / et se vent a Paris. Inscription in the lower margin: Sous un habit de Mezetin …
Ref.: Dacier, É., Vuaflart, A. Jean de Jullienne, no. 130b (in reverse from ill. 130); no. 131b (in reverse from ill. 131)
box 13*, folder 5
Belle n'écoutez rien, Arlequin est un traitre … Cochin, Charles Nicolas , etcher Sirois, Pierre, publisher Watteau, Antoine, designer A Paris : Chez Sirois sur le Quai
Neuf aux armes de France
[17--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching, hand col. Im. 20.6 x 26.9; Sh. 23.4 x 27.3
Scope and Contents note
An etching after Antoine Watteau showing Harlequin, Pierrot, and Mezzetino.
State 1 (cf. Dacier)
Ref.: Rosenberg, P. Antoine Watteau , v. 1, p. 144, fig. 92a; Dacier, É., Vuaflart, A. Jean de Jullienne, no. 82
box 13*, folder 6
Pour garder l'honneur d'une belle … Hartman, Daniel, engraver; Watteau, Antoine, designer; Engelbrecht, Martin, publisher[Augsburg] : Mart. Engelbrecht exc.
A. V.
[17--]
Container Summary: 1 print : engraving, hand col. Im.20.3 x 26.8; Pl. 22.3 x 27.7; Sh. 24.5 x 30.6
Scope and Contents note
The engraving is copied after Charles-Nicolas Cochin's etching
Pour garder l'honneur d'une belle …; it shows l'Innamorata playing the guitar, while Lelio sings. The Doctor, Pierrot, and Harlequin look on. Printed in the
lower margin : N. 59. Numbered in upper left corner: 1.
box 13*, folder 7
Sangodemi! A Paris : Chez Martinet, Libraire, rue du Coq No. 13 et 15
[18--]
Container Summary: 1 print : engraving, col. Im. 17.8 x 10.9; Sh. 22 x 14
Scope and Contents note
Full-length figure of Harlequin (i.e. Arlequin, Arlecchino) in costume and mask with left hand holding hat. Printed, top right:
279
box 13*, folder 8
Costume d'une Arlequine, dans Gustave III ou Le bal masque, opéra. Maloeuvre, Pierre, engraver, [Paris] : Chez Hautecoeur-Martinet, Editeur, rue du Coq, No. 13 et 15, a Paris
[18--]
Container Summary: 1 print : engraving, hand col. Pl. 19.5 x 12.6; Sh. 23.7 x 15.7
Scope and Contents note
Full-length female figure in Harlequin costume with both hands on sword. Printed, top left: Académie Royale de Musique; top
right: No. 904.
box 13*, folder 9
Le capitan Matamore Lecomte, Hippolyte, lithographer
[18--]
Container Summary: 1 print : lithograph, col. Sh. 24.6 x 19.3
Scope and Contents note
Standing figure of Captain Matamore, wearing plumed hat and large spurs on shoes, one hand on hip and other pointing right,
for a performance at the Hôtel de Bourgogne in Paris. Inscribed across bottom: (Th.tre de l'Hotel de Bourgogne) (Année 1648).
Numbered in upper right: 4. Inscribed below image: I. lith. de Delpech.
box 13*, folder 10
Le capitan Matamore Ruotte, Louis Charles, engraver; Huret, Grégoire, draftsman; designer
[18--]
Container Summary: 1 print : stipple engraving, hand col. Im. 19.9 x 14.6; Sh. 35.5 x 25.7
Scope and Contents note
A print showing the full-length figure of the Captain, wearing plumed hat and large spurs on shoes, one hand on hip and other
pointing right. In pencil, lower right: 1873. Inscription at top of image: Galerie Théâtrale.
box 13*, folder 11
[Commedia dell'arte scenes] Carter, Frederic, etcher
[ca. 1908-ca. 1911]
Container Summary: 14 prints : etching. Im. 18.2 x 12.1; Sh. 33.6 x 22.9 and smaller
Scope and Contents note
The fourteen prints are not part of a suite. They are titled:
The apotheosis of Colombine,
The skipper,
[Untitled],
Red hot gold - a little joke of the old gentleman's / Les dons du diable,
The skeleton in the cupboard,
Le fin d'Arlequin,
A dance - : desire,
A dance called "Jealousy",
Rose dance,
The death of Colombine,
[Untitled],
Prologue - puppets,
L'envoi, and
[Untitled]. Several prints are inscribed with the name of the artist and a date, and have the artist's name pencilled below image.
Commedia dell'arte characters include Pierrot, Harlequin, and Columbine.
Ref.: Furst, H. "Frederick Carter,"
The print collector's quarterly, v. 20/4, p. 346-361
box 15*
[Commedia dell'arte characters] Reiniger, Lotte, artist
[ca. 1930-ca. 1954]
Container Summary: 1 box (15 cutout silhouettes): paper, cardboard, glass, leather, b&w and col.; 27.4 x 20.5 x 5 cm.
Scope and Contents note
The box contains 15 silhouette figures, notably of
commedia dell'arte characters Harlequin, Columbine, the Captain, and Pantaloon. Each is pencilled with the artist's initials and is annotated
with a title in pencil.
Performances, Series IV.B.
ca. 1630-1909
Container Summary: 2 boxes, 6 flat file folders 65 prints, 1 score
Scope and Contents note
The subseries comprises representations of performances of ballets and plays staged as part of court celebrations. Also featured
are street performances during carnival and civic processions. The subseries illustrates the range of settings for
commedia dell'arte performances and the range of activities enacted by
commedia dell'arte actors, including acrobatics. Musical compositions that use the
commedia dell'arte as a source of inspiration have also been included in this subseries. The subseries is organized by theme: acrobatics, plays,
ballets, and pantomimes, street entertainment, musical compositions, and chronologically within each theme.
box 16*, folder 1
Aardige versaameling van koorde-danssers, springers en postuurmaakers Xavery, Gerard Jozeph, designer; Schenk, Peter, publisher te Amsterdam : By Petrus Schenk …
[17--]
Container Summary: 16 prints : etching. Pl. 16.5 x 24.4; Sh. 22.5 x 31.2
Scope and Contents note
Complete suite comprised of a title leaf and 15 etchings showing danseurs de cordes, tightrope acrobats, and acrobats performing
somersaults, handstands, and acts of levitation. Several performers are dressed as
commedia dell'arte characters.
Ref.: Hollstein, vol. XXV, p. 303
Plays, ballets, and pantomimes
box 16*, folder 2
Io son el capitan Escarbonbardon de la papirotondo Saint-Igny, Jean de, publisher A Paris : Chez I. de St. Igny, faubour St. German pres la porte de busy à lenseigne du Grand
Turc
[16--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching, engraving. Im. 11.2 x 14.1; Pl. 12.8 x 14.5
Scope and Contents note
The close-up view of the busts of women and men in front of a scroll is inscribed: Io Son el Capitan Escarbonbardon … It possibly
is the announcement of a
commedia dell'arte play in which the Captain features.
box 16*, folder 3
[Commedia dell'arte scene]
[16--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Sh. 24.4 x 31.5; Mt. 27 x 39
Scope and Contents note
Commedia dell'arte characters and other figures are shown in a landscape setting.
box 16*, folder 4
La baguette de Vvlcain A Paris : Chez le Roux place aux Veaux au bout du pont Marie a ljmage Ste. Geneuieue auec priuilege du Roy
[16--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching, engraving. Pl. 30.7 x 20.5; Sh. 35.8 x 23.8
Scope and Contents note
The scene from Jean-François Regnard and Charles de la Rivière Dufresny's play
La baguette de Vulcain (1693) features several
commedia dell'arte characters, including Columbine, Harlequin, Marinette, and Pierrot.
box 16*, folder 5
L'amour triomphant par les intrigues d'Harlequins. Pantomime comique produit par les enfans de sr. Sebastiani Nilson, Johann Esaias, etcher [Augsburg/Paris] : Ce vend a Augsbourg chez l'auteur et à Paris chez Rosselin rue St. Jaques
a l'hotel Saumur
[17--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Pl. 22 x 15.8; Sh. 22.5 x 16.2
Scope and Contents note
Children are shown acting the characters of Harlequin, Columbine, Pantaloon, the Doctor and Pierrot in Franz Sebastiani's
pantomime
L'amour triomphant par les intrigues d'Harlequin. Inscribed on pedestal: dessiné e gravé par J. E. Nilson Peintre. Numbered in upper right: No. XVI
box 16*, folder 6
Theatre italien - Livre de scenes comiques inventées par Gillot Huquier, Gabriel, engraver Gillot, Claude, designer A Paris : Chez Huquier vis avis le Grand Chatelet et chez la veuve
Chereau rue St. Jaque aux Deux Pillier d'or, avec privil. du roi
[ca. 1729-ca. 1732]
Container Summary: 12 prints : engraving, etching. Sh. 19.5 x 22.3
Scope and Contents note
Complete suite comprised of a title leaf and 11 prints depicting
commedia dell'arte scenes titled:
Tombeau de maître André,
Arlequin empereur dans la lune, and
Arlequin grapignant. The comedy
Arlequin grapignant by Evaristo Gherardi and the comedy
Arlequin empereur dans la lune by Nolant de Fatouvill were created at the Hôtel de Bourgogne in Paris.
Tombeau de maître André is the name of a comedy by Brugière de Barante.
box 16*, folder 7
Der italianische Schauplaz - Theatre italien - Comoedianten Aufzuge - Livre de scènes comiques Gillot, Claude, designer[Augsburg] : Joh. Georg Merz. exc. Aug. Vind.
[17--]
Container Summary: 1 print : engraving, etching, hand col. Im 18.8 x 28.9; Pl. 19.4 x 29.8; Sh. 25.6 x 41.2
Scope and Contents note
Title leaf of suite of prints showing Fame sitting on a cloud addressed by Mezzetin; background stage with figures from the
commedia dell'arte: Pantaloon or Pantalone, Pierrot, and Mezzetin or Mezzetino.
Numbered in lower right corner: 1.
box 16*, folder 8-11
Der Schwätzer und der Leichtgläubige, eine Pantomime, … Degmair, Philipp Andreas , mezzotinter Haid, Johann Philipp , mezzotinter Siller, Matthias, designer [Augsburg/Vienna]
: Negotium Academia Cæs. …
[1764]
Container Summary: 4 prints : mezzotint, hand col. Pl. 30.3 x 41.7; Mt. 33 x 45.1
Scope and Contents note
Title leaf and three prints (pl. 2, 8, 11) depicting scenes from P. Florian Reichssiegel's intermezzo
Der Schwätzer und der Leichtgläubige, performed in celebration of the birthday of Prince Archbishop Siegmund Christoph von Schrattenbach of Salzburg. Stamped
in upper left corners: 143, 144, 150, 153.
box 16*, folder 12-14
[Der Schwätzer und der Leichtgläubige, eine Pantomime, …] Degmair, Philipp Andreas, mezzotinter Siller, Matthias, designer
[1764]
Container Summary: 3 prints : mezzotint, hand col. Im. 25 x 39; Pl. 29.5 x 41; Sh. 39 x 48.9
Scope and Contents note
Plates 2, 8 and 11 from the suite
Der Schwätzer und der Leichtgläubige are based on P. Florian Reichssiegel's intermezzo performed in celebration of the birthday of Prince Archbishop Siegmund
Christoph von Schrattenbach of Salzburg. Numbered in lower right corners: 52, 58, 61.
box 17*, folder 1
[Der Schwätzer und der Leichtgläubige, eine Pantomime, …] Degmair, Philipp Andreas, engraver; etcher Siller, Matthias, designer
[1764]
Container Summary: 3 prints : engraving, etching, hand col. Im. 25 x 39; Pl. 29.5 x 41; Sh. 39 x 48.9
Scope and Contents note
Plates 4, 10 and 12 from the suite
Der Schwätzer und der Leichtgläubige are based on P. Florian Reichssiegel's intermezzo performed in celebration of the birthday of Prince Archbishop Siegmund
Christoph von Schrattenbach of Salzburg. Inscribed in upper margins: Collection des Prospects Theatrales pour servir aux Cameres
Obscures et autres Machines Optiques.
box 17*, folder 2
[Der Schwätzer und der Leichtgläubige, eine Pantomime, …] Degmair, Philipp Andreas, engraver; etcher Siller, Matthias, designer
[1764]
Container Summary: 3 prints : engraving, etching, hand col. Im. 25 x 39; Pl. 29.5 x 41; Sh. 39 x 48.9
Scope and Contents note
Plates 7, 9, and 12 from the suite
Der Schwätzer und der Leichtgläubige, are based on P. Florian Reichssiegel's intermezzo performed in celebration of the birthday of Prince Archbishop Siegmund
Christoph von Schrattenbach of Salzburg. Inscribed in upper margins: Collection des Prospects Theatrales pour servir aux Cameres
Obscures et autres Machines Optiques.
box 17*, folder 3
Der Schwätzer und der Leichtgläubige, eine Pantomime, … Degmair, Philipp Andreas, mezzotinter Haid, Johann Philipp, etcher; engraver Siller, Matthias, designer [Augsburg/Vienna]
: Negotium Academia Cæs. …
[1764]
Container Summary: 3 prints : etching, engraving, hand col. Pl. 30.3 x 41.7; Mt. 33 x 45.1
Scope and Contents note
Plates 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 are from a suite of prints based on P. Florian Reichssiegel's intermezzo
Der Schwätzer und der Leichtgläubige, performed in celebration of the birthday of Prince Archbishop Siegmund Christoph von Schrattenbach of Salzburg. Stamped
in upper left corners: 146, 147, 148, 149, 151.
box 17*, folder 4
Une soirée chez Ét. Carjat (30 juillet 1864). - Pierrot photographe, acte 1er Linton, Henry Duff, wood engraver
[ca. 1864]
Container Summary: 1 print : wood engraving. Im. 18 x 23.5; Sh. 21.3 x 27.1
Scope and Contents note
The print, issued in a periodical, depicts an audience watching the outdoor stage performance of the pantomime
Pierrot photographe. The scene on stage shows Pierrot stabbing Harlequin. On verso are described the dignitaries who attended the performance
and the role of the actor Coquelin.
box 17*, folder 5
Afterwards Columbine
1878
Container Summary: 1 print : wood engraving with letterpress, col. Im. 30.2 x 22.5; Sh. 40.3 x 28.5
Scope and Contents note
Harlequin and Columbine are shown waiting backstage while a clown performs on stage with three dogs sitting on chairs. Issued
in:
The graphic Christmas number, 1878, p. 19, as illustration to Dutton Cook's pantomime
Afterwards Columbine performed at Christmas.
box 17*, folder 6
Histoire d'un Pierrot. Pantomime en trois actes de Fernand Beissier, musique de P. Mario Costa Georges-Sauvage, Auguste Albert, lithographer Paris : Choudens fils, éditeur, 30, boulevard des Capucines, …
1893
Container Summary: 1 portfolio (3 lithographs, col.) : Sh. 27.1 x 34.9
Scope and Contents note
The lithographs, signed by Auguste Albert Georges-Sauvage, also known as Georges Sauvage, depict a pantomime in three acts
by Fernand Beissier with music by Pasquale Mario Costa. They are enclosed in a wrapper inscribed: Histoire d'un Pierrot …
box 17*, folder 7
The youthful work of a master : an unproduced Rostand play
1909
Container Summary: 1 print : relief halftone, col. with letterpress. Im. 27.3 x 21.9; Sh. 39.3 x 27
Scope and Contents note
The print shows an audience watching the performance of Edmond Rostand's play
Pierrot qui pleure et Pierrot qui rit, held at M. and Mme. Alexis Rostand's. Signed: ALelong. Issued in:
The illustrated London news, April 3, 1909.
See also: Series VII. Oversize materials, FF. 27**
box 17*, folder 8
[Untitled]
[18--]
Container Summary: 1 print : relief halftone, col. Im. 17 x 12.5; Sh. 18 x 13.7
Scope and Contents note
The print shows an audience attending an outdoor performance on stage with
commedia dell'arte figures, including Harlequin and Pierrot. In upper left corner: F. Boscher / 1821.
box 17*, folder 9
Foire du village
[1893?]
Container Summary: 1 print : lithograph, col. Im. 20.7 x 15.7; Sh. 33.2 x 24
Scope and Contents note
Harlequin and Pierrot perform on a makeshift stage in a landscape, watched by villagers. Pencilled: Theatre / La Foire du
Village by Descourtis (1893).
See also: Series VII. Oversize materials, FF. 28-32**
box 17*, folder 10
Arlequin Jeschko, Ludwig, composer Paris : Aymard Dignat et Cie éditeurs, rue Laffitte, no. 18
[18--]
Container Summary: 1 v. (6 p.) : chalk lithograph, col. Sh. 31.4 x 26.3
Scope and Contents note
The score comprises six pages of polka music composed by Ludwig Jeschko; its cover shows Harlequin, arms raised, holding a
bent stick, with one foot raised to begin dancing. Inscriptions: ... polka composée par Ludwig Jeschko arrangée pour l'orchestre
français par Strauss / Barbizet lith.
box 17*, folder 11
La polka des Pierrots Pasdeloup, Jules-Étienne, composer Coindre, Victor, designer Paris : Chez Alex.dre Grus aîné.
[188-]
Container Summary: 1 print : lithograph. Sh. 32 x 24.5
Scope and Contents note
The print is the cover of a musical score for a polka composed by Pasdeloup; it shows several Pierrots and other figures dancing
and merry-making in a theater.
Inscriptions: ... composée pour le piano par J. Pasdeloup / Bertauts Lith.
box 17*, folder 12
Venant des noces belles chanson par Maurice Boukay Boukay, Maurice, composer Steinlen, Théophile Alexandre, designer
[189-]
Container Summary: 1 print : wood engraving, col. Sh. 40.4 x 28
Scope and Contents note
The poem and first stanza, which are set to music, are illustrated with a design showing Pierrot attempting to lift a girl's
skirt. Issued in: Gil Blas illustré.
Uses of commedia dell'arte imagery, Series IV.C.
ca. 1560-ca. 1890
Container Summary: 2 boxes, 5 flat file folders 72 prints, 1 pamphlet, 1 cutout
Scope and Contents note
The subseries documents the variety of ways in which
commedia dell'arte images have been used for interior decoration, to advertise commercial products, and as toys and games. Also featured are
images of political and social satire that illustrate the
commedia dell'arte's tendency to satirize human folly and pretense. Allegorical images and vanities of earthly pleasure feature
commedia dell'arte characters serving as moral exhortations or warnings. The subseries is arranged first thematically, and then chronologically
within each theme. The following themes are featured: decorative designs, allegories, social satire, political caricatures,
toys and games, toy theater, advertisements, ephemera.
box 18*, folder 1
[Arlequin debout] Crépy, Louis, etcher Watteau, Antoine, designer [Paris] : Chez Surugue rue des Noyers
[ca. 1728]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 39.6 x 19.6; Sh. 39.8 x 20
Scope and Contents note
The etching reproduces a folding screen designed by Antoine Watteau, featuring a figure of Harlequin (i.e. Arlequin) standing
on a carpet placed on a platform within an arabesque. It forms part of a suite of six prints titled
Paravent de six feuilles, announced in the Mercure de France in 1727 and again in 1728. Inscribed in lower margin: Wateau pinx / L. Crepy filius Scup.
/ Chez Surugue / rue des Noyers / avec privilege du Roi.
State 2 (cf. Dacier)
Ref.: Dacier, É., Vuaflart, A. Jean de Jullienne, no. 162
box 18*, folder 2
Colombine et Arlequin Moyreau, Jean, etcher Watteau, Antoine, designer A Paris : Chez Gersaint md. Pont Notre-Dame et chez Surugue ruë des Noyers
[ca. 1729]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 41.6 x 27.4
Scope and Contents note
The print after a design by Antoine Watteau shows the dancing figures of Columbine (i.e. Colombine) and Harlequin (i.e. Arlequin)
within an arabesque design that was announced in the Mercure de France in 1729.
Inscription in the lower margin: ... gravés d'apres le dessein original inventé et colorie par A. Watteau peintre du Roy.
Ref.: Rosenberg, P. Antoine Watteau, vol. 3, p. 1404-1405 (G146); Dacier, É., Vuaflart, A. Jean de Jullienne, no. 64
box 18*, folder 3
[Untitled] Watteau, Antoine, designer Leopold, Johann Christian, publisher [Augsburg] : Iohann Christian Leopold excudit Aug. Vind.
[17--]
Container Summary: 4 prints : etching, hand col. Pl. 25.7 x 18.5; Sh. 33.7 x 21
Scope and Contents note
Four prints numbered 152 to 155 that include two etchings after the designs by Antoine Watteau for folding screens, which
were also reproduced by Louis Crépy in the suite
Paravent de six feuilles. Two prints give instructions on the reproduction of the design.
box 18*, folder 4
Crapvla et lascivia, Sadeler, Johann, engraver Vos, Maarten de, draftsman
[15--]
Container Summary: 1 print : engraving. Im. 19.3 x 26.2 ; Pl. 20.5 x 26.7; Sh. 20.6 x 27
Scope and Contents note
Also known as
Scene of banquet, the print from the suite
Sorrows of the world shows figures around a banquet table with three masked figures on the left.
Ref.: Hollstein, vol. 41, no. 558; vol. 44, no.1274
box 18*, folder 5
[Figures in landscape]
[17--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching, engraving. Sh. 17 x 29
Scope and Contents note
Figures that feature
commedia dell'arte characters are shown in a landscape setting, drinking, eating, and playing music. Venus and Cupid appear in the sky.
box 18*, folder 6
[The five senses] Lottes, Christoph Friedrich, etcher Hofer, Andreas, etcher Decker, Paul, designer Engelbrecht, Martin, publisher [Augsburg]
: Martin Engelbrecht excud. A. V.
[17--]
Container Summary: 5 prints : etching. Im. 29.2 x 19; Pl. 30.3 x 20.4; Sh. 36.4 x 23.8
Scope and Contents note
Complete suite of prints of allegories of the five senses featuring
commedia dell'arte characters. The prints are titled:
Auditus. Das Gehör. L'ouie,
Tactus. Das Fühlen. Le touchement,
Odor. Der Geruch. L'odorat,
Visus. Das Gesicht. La veüe,
Gustus. Der Geschmack. Le gout.
Ref.: Schott, F.
Der Augsburger Kupferstecher und Kunstverleger Martin Engelbrecht, no. 2600-2604
box 18*, folder 7
Gaming
[ca. 1733]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 31 x 18.5; Pl. 32.5 x 19.8; Sh. 37.2 x 23.5
Scope and Contents note
The
commedia dell'arte scene shows Scaramouche and Harlequin quarelling while playing cards. Moralizing verses are inscribed on the playing cards
and dice ("… All Cheats at Cards …"). Inscription: Here Scaramouche and Harlequin at Gaming can't agree … / …. Signed: John
Bickham Scrip.
Numbered in upper right: 87.
box 18*, folder 8
Baal of de Waereld in maskerade - The world in masquerade
[17--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching, hand col. Im. 17.5 x 38.8; Pl. 25.8 x 39.7; Sh. 34 x 46.3
Scope and Contents note
The print shows a masked ball featuring Harlequin, Pantaloon, Brighella, and the Captain with figures conversing and dancing.
An inscription in the lower margin describes the identity that each figure is trying to hide behind the masks.
box 18*, folder 9
La mascarade
[17--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Sh. 15.4 x 15.9; Mt. 20.4 x 31.4
Scope and Contents note
Masked figures parade, some in a carriage, greeting the passers-by. Satirical verses comment upon the image, indicating that
one can hide one's intentions under a costume, but many lose at the game: Pour s'enrichir on se déguise / on prend un masque
à sa guise … / Malgré l'hyver en Carnaval / Que de gens sortent nus du bal. The number "2" appears in a garland at top center.
box 18*, folder 10
Masquerade ticket Hogarth, William, draftsman
[1727]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 16 x 25.5; Sh. 24.9 x 32.2
Scope and Contents note
The print is a parody of the painting
Masquerade on the stage of the Haymarket theatre, 1724, attributed to Giuseppe Grisoni (cf. Krysmanski). Masked figures featuring Harlequin and other characters congregate
in a large room, where a sacrifice is performed at an altar below a sculpture of Priapos. A clock, inscribed with the words
"Impertinence", "Wit", and "Nonsense" is suspended from the ceiling.
State without legend in lower margin.
Ref.: Krysmanski, B.
Hogarth's enthusiasm delineated, vol. 1, p. 33-34, vol. 2, ill. 14
box 18*, folder 11
Les amis de la joie - Scènes de carnaval, A Paris : Chez Basset rue St. Jacques no. 64
[17--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching, hand col. Sh. 39.5 x 28.5
Scope and Contents note
Three rows of characters and caricatures are represented, featuring several
commedia dell'arte characters: Harlequin, Pierrot, and the Doctor.
box 18*, folder 12
De vervallen actionisten hersteld door den triompheerden Arlequin
[17--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 23.2 x 34; Pl. 28 x 35; Sh. 30.2 x 35.8
Scope and Contents note
Harlequin, seated in a horse-drawn chariot, is distributing letters inscribed with different jobs on them. Figures try to
reach for the letters. The city of Vianen is seen across the river in the background.
box 18*, folder 13
Allons donc! allons donc! faisons le saut périlleux!
[183-]
Container Summary: 1 print : chalk lithograph, col. Sh. 35.2 x 26.8
Scope and Contents note
Plate 141 from the journal
La caricature, no. 70, showing Harlequin turning away from a figure walking on a tightrope. Signed: Delaporte.
box 18*, folder 14
Le juste milieu se crotte, Traviès de Villers, Charles Joseph, draftsman
[183-]
Container Summary: 1 print : chalk lithograph, col. Sh. 35.4 x 27.5
Scope and Contents note
Plate 144 from the journal
La caricature, no. 71, showing people lined up along a street where Harlequin and a clown are carrying a large pear.
box 18*, folder 15
La bosse aux bêtises de Polichinelle, [Paris] : Ratier, gendre et successeur …
[ca. 1874]
Container Summary: 1 v. (8 p.) : wood engraving. Sh. 17.9 x 11.2
Scope and Contents note
A pamphlet of puns collated by Halbert, with poems by Victor Gaucher. The cover shows Punchinello in profile with a humpback.
Inked postmark, lower right: SEINE / 1874.
See also: Series VII. Oversize materials, FF. 33-34**
box 19*, folder 1
Frederick impiously assuming the character of the devil, at a masquerade [London] : [Prin]ted for & Sold by Carington Bowles
[London] : Published as the Act directs, 31 August 1787
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 14.9 x 24.8; Sh. 17 x 25.5
Scope and Contents note
Masked figures including Harlequin, Punchinello, Pierrot, the Doctor, and Pantaloon congregate in front of a building at a
masquerade in which Frederick is disguised at the devil.
box 19*, folder 2
Die Maskerade im Theater, grosses Divertissement von Henry. (Letzte Scene) Geiger, Andreas, etcher Schoeller, Johann Christian, designer
[18--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching, hand col. Im. 18.4 x 24.6; Pl. 22.6 x 28; Sh. 27 x 37.3
Scope and Contents note
The etching from the suite:
Galerie interessanter u. drolliger Szenen der Wiener Bühnen shows a kingly figure standing at the center of a theater with Harlequin and other masked figures performing on stage in
the background.
Inscribed in lower left corner of plate: Theatralische Bilder Gallerie No. 12.
Also see: Series VII. Oversize materials, FF. 35-36**
box 19*, folder 3
Het vermakelijk Harlikein-spel
[18--]
Container Summary: 1 print : wood engraving. Im. 38.9 x 29.8; Sh. 50.3 x 32.8
Scope and Contents note
The print is a board game, titled the Harlequin game, that is to be played with dice. Instructions for the game are printed
below the image.
Ref.: Van Heurck, É. Histoire de l'imagerie populaire flamande, p. 524, no. 95
box 19*, folder 4
Nieuw Colombine-spel of Pantalon vervolger - Le nouveau jeu de Colombine. te Amsterdam : By Gebroeders van arum. bockverkoopers, bezyden het Paleis No. 2.
[18--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching, hand col. Sh. 26 x 34.2
Scope and Contents note
The print is a board game played with dice. It follows the path taken by Columbine during her elopment and marriage to Harlequin.
Signed: J. Plugger.
box 19*, folder 5
Imagerie Pellerin Arlequin - Imagerie d'épinal, no. 1342; Imagerie Pellerin pantins, Polichinelle & Arlequin. Imagerie d'épinal,
no. 1351; Imagerie Pellerin pantins, Pierrot & Colombine Imagerie d'épinal, no. 1353
Imagerie Pellerin (Epinal, France), publisher
[18--]
Container Summary: 3 prints : wood engraving, col. Sh. 40.2 x 29.4 and smaller
Scope and Contents note
Three prints, one showing parts of a Harlequin puppet, the second parts of a Harlequin and Punchinello, and the third a Pierrot
and a Columbine puppet. The
commedia dell'arte figures are numbered for possible cutout and assemblage.
box 19*, folder 6
These beautiful scraps - only one penny per sheet
[18--]
Container Summary: 1 cutout : col. Sh. 18.1 x 24.5
Scope and Contents note
The cutout figures feature Harlequin and a ballet dancer.
Also see: Series VII. Oversize materials, FF. 37**
box 19*, folder 7
Webb's new pantomime characters. Webb, William G., publisher London : Pub. by W. Webb, 146 Old Street St. Lukes
[not after 1890]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching, hand col. Sh. 17 x 21.7
Scope and Contents note
Two rows of masked figures, including Harlequin, for possible cutout, and to be assembled for a toy theater.
box 19*, folder 8
Pollock's new pantomime characters Pollock, Benjamin, publisher London : Published by B. Pollock, 73 Hoxton Street, Hoxton
[18--]
Container Summary: 5 prints : etching. Sh. 17.1 x 21.5
Scope and Contents note
Five prints, numbered 5, 5, 6, 7, and 8, each showing two rows of masked figures, including Harlequin, for possible cutout
and to be assembled for a toy theater.
box 19*, folder 9
Chocolat Jacquin frères
[ca. 1867-ca. 1878]
Container Summary: 2 prints : wood engraving, col. Im. 6.5 x 9.7
Scope and Contents note
Two cards advertising the chocolate produced by the Jacquin frères firm in Paris. The first card shows Harlequin and Pierrot,
the second card shows Harlequin, Pierrot, and the Doctor. On the verso of each card is inscribed: HORS CONCOURS AUX EXPOSITIONS
UNIVERSELLES / de 1867 et 1878 / CHOCOLATS DE QUALITÉ SUPÉRIEURE / Jacquin Frères / 12, Rue Pernelle. / Paris
box 19*, folder 10
Friandises du Pierrot gourmand. Exigez le nom
[18--]
Container Summary: 1 print : wood engraving. Im. 12.9 x 8; Sh. 18 x 13.5
Scope and Contents note
The print is an advertisement for candies called "Friandises du Pierrot gourmand." Pierrot is shown holding a fruit basket
on one arm and a cornucopia on the other. On verso: portrait of Mlle France ELLYS. Ph. Henri Manuel
box 19*, folder 11
Liebig Company's Fleisch-Extract; Der Carneval von Rom - Liebig Company's Fleisch-Extract
[18--]
Container Summary: 12 prints : wood engraving, col. Im. 10.5 x 7.2; Mt. 27.5 x 28.7
Scope and Contents note
Twelve cards advertising a German meat extract and illustrated with
commedia dell'arte figures. The first set of six cards shows: Brighella, Doctor Balanzone, Tartaglia, Punchinello, Pantaloon, and Bepe Napa.
The second set of six cards shows
commedia dell'arte figures at the carnival in Rome. The cards are titled:
Die Moccoletti,
Der Saltarello Tanz,
Wettlauf der Berber Rosse,
Maskenball im Theater,
Blumenwerfen,
Corso.
box 19*, folder 12
The theatrical candidates
[17--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 9.2 x 8.6; Sh. 10 x 9
Scope and Contents note
A group of figures is shown featuring Harlequin and elegantly dressed women.
box 19*, folder 13
[Commedia dell'arte figures]
[17--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 7.8 x 11.5; Pl. 8.5 x 12; Sh. 10.3 x 15.4
Scope and Contents note
Various masked figures.
box 19*, folder 14
Salon de 1861.- Le Mercredi des cendres, tableau de M. A. Lambron Verdeil, Pierre, engraver Lambron des Piltieres, Albert Anatole Martin Ernest, designer
[18--]
Container Summary: 1 print : wood engraving. Im. 17.7 x 22.1; Sh. 21.2 x 24.5
Scope and Contents note
The wood engraving, issued in a magazine, shows Harlequin bowing to a man and children as Pierrot watches. It is based on
a painting by Albert Anatole Lambron des Piltières.
box 19*, folder 15
Au clair de la lune, mon ami Pierrot
[18--]
Container Summary: 1 print : wood engraving, col. Sh. 39.3 x 29.5
Scope and Contents note
The wood engraving is the back cover of a magazine or newspaper that shows Pierrot laughing with a guitar slung over his shoulder
and holding a sheet inscribed: Au Clair de la lune …
box 19*, folder 16
Capitano Coviello; Re Bomba; Florindo Bosaura; [Untitled]
[18--]
Container Summary: 4 prints : lithograph, hand col. Sh. 16.5 x 10.6 and smaller
Scope and Contents note
Four prints showing costumed figures, including a standing figure of Capitano Coviello in profile wearing helmet, carrying
shield and sword.
box 19*, folder 17
Maschere del teatro italiano dei secoli XVII e XVIII - Tavola 1a; Maschere del teatro italiano dei secoli XVII e XVIII - Tavola
II.a.
[18--]
Container Summary: 2 prints : chalk lithograph, hand col. Im. 15.6 x 24.7; Sh. 19.6 x 29.1
Scope and Contents note
Plate 1a shows a challenge to a duel in a piazza, involving Pantaloon, with other
commedia dell'arte figures looking on: Harlequin, Brighella, the Captain, and the Doctor. Plate II.a. shows Zanni and Harlequin in conversation
as other figures look on. There is a figure drawing on verso of plate IIa.
Playbills, Series V.
1805-1983
Container Summary: 1 box, 3 flat file folders 4 prints (posters), 18 broadsides
Scope and Contents note
The series is comprised of broadsides and posters advertising play performances at various European theaters. There is a special
emphasis on
commedia dell'arte pantomimes in England and Scotland from 1805 to 1851, notably at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane (2), and in Covent Garden
(11) in London, with mentions of actors Joseph Grimaldi and Thomas Ellar, and at the Theater Royal in Edinburgh. Other theaters
include the Schauspielhaus in Frankfurt am Main for a performance by Eleonora Duse (1908), and the Teatro Carcano in Milan
(1923). Four posters are featured, notably two advertising the first
commedia dell'arte festival in Villejuif, outside of Paris (1983). Playwrights that are mentioned include Shakespeare, Henrik Ibsen, and Ettore
Petrolini.
box 20*, folder 1
Theatre-Royal, Edinburgh. Last night of Harlequin's Olio this present evening, Saturday, January 3. 1824, will be performed
Shakespeare's comedy of the Merchant of Venice …
1824
Container Summary: 1 sheet ([1] p.). Sh. 27.2 x 20.1
Scope and Contents note
The playbill announces the performance of Shakespeare's comedy the
Merchant of Venice, as well as the pantomime
Harlequin's olio, or Christmas gambols at the Theatre Royal in Edinburgh. The name of the actor Vandenhoff in the role of Shylock has been underlined in purple
crayon.
box 20*, folder 1
Theatre-Royal, Edinburgh. This present evening Monday, January 5. 1824, will be performed the tragedy of Coriolanus …
1824
Container Summary: 1 sheet ([1] p.). Sh. 27.2 x 20.1; Mt. 30 x 23.4
Scope and Contents note
The playbill announces the performance of
Coriolanus and of the pantomime
Harlequin's olio, or Christmas gambols at the Theatre Royal in Edinburgh. The name of the actor Vandenhoff in the role of Coriolanus has been underlined in purple
crayon.
box 20*, folder 1
Theatre-Royal, Edinburgh. For the benefit of Miss Laura Addison … This present evening, Saturday, December 23, 1848, will
be performed, for the last time this season, Shakspeare's tragedy, in five acts, entitled Romeo & Juliet …
[Edinburgh] : James Brydone, printer, 17 South Hanover Street
1848
Container Summary: 1 sheet ([1] p.). Sh. 33.8 x 20.2; Mt. 28.9 x 23.2
Scope and Contents note
The playbill announces the performance of Shakespeare's tragedy
Romeo and Juliet, a polka titled
The sisters, and the comedy
Day after the wedding at the Theatre Royal in Edinburgh.
box 20*, folder 1
Theatre-Royal, Edinburgh. … This present evening, Monday, January 27th, 1851, will be performed, for the second time these
three years, Shakspeare's tragedy, in five acts, called Richard III. …
1851
Container Summary: 1 sheet ([1] p.). Sh. 43 x 22.5; Mt. 44.7 x 24.2
Scope and Contents note
The playbill announces the performance of Shakespeare's tragedy
Richard The Third, as well as the pantomime
Harlequin Christmas, or The fairy of the Missletoe Bough.
box 20*, folder 2
Frankfurter Schauspielhaus. Freitag den 27. November 1908. Abends halb 8 Uhr: Zweites und letztes Gastspiel von Eleonora Duse
mit ihrer italienischen Gesellschaft. (Impresario A. Braff, London) Gian Gabriele Borkman …
[Frankfurt-am-Main] : Verlag der A. Neumann'schen Buchhandlung, Goethestrasse 33.
1908
Container Summary: 1 sheet ([1] p.). Sh. 47.8 x 25.8
Scope and Contents note
The playbill announces Eleonora Duse's second and last performance as Ella Rentheim in Henrik Ibsen's drama
Gian Gabriele Borkman at the Frankfurter Schauspielhaus.
box 20*, folder 3
Theatre Royal, Drury-Lane, this present Wednesday, January 9, 1805. their Majesties' servants will act the comedy of The West
Indian … after which (for the 12th time) the new pantomimic ballet of Old Harlequin's Fire-Side …
1805
Container Summary: 1 sheet ([1] p.). Sh. 29.8 x 21.7
Scope and Contents note
The playbill printed on blue paper lists the actors Powell, Elliston, and Grimaldi.
box 20*, folder 3
Theatre Royal, Drury-Lane. This evening Wednesday, January 28, 1818, their Majesties' servants will perform (17th time) a
dramatick romance, called Lilliput. … after which, a new melo-drama, in two acts, to be called the Turret clock …
1818
Container Summary: 1 sheet ([1] p.). Sh. 31.9 x 20
Scope and Contents note
The playbill announces the performance of
Lilliput,
Turret clock, and
Harlequin's vision.
box 20*, folder 4
Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, this present Tuesday, Jan. 7, 1812 will be revived the tragedy of Percy. … after which will
be performed, for the 11th time, a new pantomime, called Harlequin & Padmanaba or, The Golden fish. …
[London] : Printed by E. Macleish …
1812
Container Summary: 1 sheet ([1] p.). Sh. 24 x 17.6
Scope and Contents note
The playbill announces the performance of plays
Percy and Shakespeare's
Comedy of errors. Among the actors listed for the pantomime
The golden fish is Joseph Grimaldi.
box 20*, folder 4
Theatre Royal […] This present Tuesday, January 16, 1816, will be acted the dramatick romance of Cymon. … after which (21st
time) a new melo-drama, called The magpie or the maid? … to which will be added, for the 19th time, a new grand pantomime,
called Harlequin & Fortunio; …
[London] : Printed by E. Macleish …
1816
Container Summary: 1 sheet ([1] p.). Sh. 31.4 x 19.4
Scope and Contents note
The playbill also announces the performance of Shakespeare's comedy
A midsummer night's dream. Among the actors listed for the pantomime
Harlequin and Fortunio is Joseph Grimaldi.
Numbered in brown ink: 97.
box 20*, folder 4
Theatre Royal. Covent-Garden, this present Thursday, Jan. 9, 1817, will be acted the melo-drama of The broken sword … to which
will be added, … , a grand pantomime, called Harlequin and the sylph of the oak: Or, the Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green …
[London] : E. Macleish …
1817
Container Summary: 1 sheet ([1] p.). Sh. 32.2 x 19.2
Scope and Contents note
Among the actors listed for the pantomime
Harlequin and the sylph of the oak is Joseph Grimaldi.
box 20*, folder 4
Theatre Royal. Covent-Garden, this present Monday, July 19, 1819, will be performed the tragedy of Hamlet, … after which,
by the special desire of Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Kent, (with its original picturesque scenery) the
popular pantomime of Mother Goose …
[London] : E. Macleish …
1819
Container Summary: 1 sheet ([1] p.). Sh. 31.7 x 19
Scope and Contents note
Among the actors listed, several have been underlined in red ink: Young, Thomas Ellar, and Joseph Grimaldi.
Numbered in brown ink: 229.
box 20*, folder 4
Theatre Royal. Covent-Garden this present Wednesday, January 9, 1822, will be acted Shakspeare's Comedy of errors … after
which will be produced for the 13th time, a new pantomime, called Harlequin and mother bunch ; or, The yellow dwarf …
[London] : Printed by E. Macleish …
1822
Container Summary: 1 sheet ([1] p.). Sh. 32.7 x 21
Scope and Contents note
Among the actors listed for the pantomime
Harlequin and mother bunch; or, The yellow dwarf is Joseph Grimaldi.
box 20*, folder 4
Theatre Royal. Covent-Garden. This present Monday, January 28, 1822, will be acted Shakspeare's tragedy of Romeo and Juliet.
… after which will be produced, for the 29th time, a new pantomime, called Harlequin and mother bunch …
[London] : Printed by E. Macleish …
1822
Container Summary: 1 sheet ([1] p.). Sh. 32.7 x 19.3; Mt. 28.7 x 20.6
Scope and Contents note
Among the actors listed, Macready in the role of Romeo has been underlined in red ink.
box 20*, folder 4
Theatre Royal. Covent-Garden. This present Thursday, December 30, 1824, will be acted the comedy of Merchant of Venice. …
after which (fourth time) a new grand comick pantomime, called Harlequin and the dragon of Wantly; or, More, of more hall
…
[London] : Printed by W. Reynolds …
1824
Container Summary: 1 sheet ([1] p.). Sh. 34.7 x 19.3
Scope and Contents note
Among the actors listed for the pantomime
Harlequin and the dragon of Wantly is Joseph Grimaldi.
box 20*, folder 4
Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden, this present Monday, Jan. 9, 1826, will be acted Shakspeare's tragedy of Macbeth … to which
will be added (for the 13th time) a new grand & comick pantomime (founded on a popular fairy tale) called Harlequin and the
magick rose: or, Beauty & the beast. …
[London] : Printed by W. Reynolds …
1826
Container Summary: 1 sheet ([1] p.). Sh. 33.5 x 19.3
Scope and Contents note
Among the actors listed for the pantomime
Harlequin and the magick rose is Joseph Grimaldi.
box 20*, folder 4
Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden, this present Monday, January 14, 1828, will be acted the tragedy of King Richard the Third …
after which will be produced (for the 17th time) a new comic grand pantomime, called Harlequin and number nip, of the giant
mountain …
[London] : Printed by W. Reynolds …
1828
Container Summary: 1 sheet ([1] p.). Sh. 34.9 x 18.7; Mt. 34.9 x 19.6
Scope and Contents note
Among the actors listed for the pantomime
Harlequin and number nip, of the giant mountain is Joseph Grimaldi.
box 20*, folder 4
Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, this evening, Monday, January 5, 1835, will be performed the tragedy of Richard III … to conclude
with (9th time) a new grand comic Christmas pantomime called Harlequin and Queen Mab: or, The three glass distaffs! …
[London] : Printed by W. Reynolds …
1835
Container Summary: 2 sheets ([2] p.). Sh. 34 x 20.5 (each)
Scope and Contents note
Among the actors listed for the pantomime
Harlequin and Queen Mab, or The three glass distaffs is Thomas Ellar in the role of Harlequin.
box 20*, folder 4
Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. … this evening, Monday, March 15th, 1841, will be presented, (39th time) Shakspere's comedy,
(with music) called The merry wives of Windsor. to conclude with (for the 55th and last time) … Castle of Otranto or Harlequin
and the giant helmet …
1841
Container Summary: 2 sheets ([2] p.). Sh. 49.8 x 23.8 (each)
Scope and Contents note
The playbill announces the performance of Shakespeare's comedy
The merry wives of Windsor and the pantomime
Castle of Otranto, or Harlequin and the giant helmet.
Miscellaneous, Series VI.
ca. 1620-1815
Container Summary: 1 box 23 prints, 5 broadsides
Scope and Contents note
The series is comprised of etchings of costume studies, broadsides issued to publicize theater and academic regulations, poems
dedicated to actresses, and a group of unidentified prints of stage designs and perspective views.
Are featured prints by Jacques Callot and Nicolas Larmessin of costumes, notably etchings from Callot's suite known as
Les fantaisies. Two broadsides document theater regulations in Italy: one, issued by the Comune of Bologna, details the regulations governing
Bolognese theaters, the other is an academic document issued in Messina. Three broadsides of sonnets or madrigals are dedicated
to actresses Angela Marchetti and Laura Sarsali.
box 21*, folder 1
[La dame au masque Callot, Jacques, etcher
[ca. 1620-1623]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 14.5 x 9.4; Mt. 35.1 x 23.8
Scope and Contents note
The print from the untitled suite known as
The nobility of Lorraine shows a standing figure facing the viewer, wearing a mask and holding a rose in the right hand. Title from Lieure.
Ref.: Lieure 560
box 21*, folder 2
[Les fantaisies] Callot, Jacques, etcher Henriet, Israel, publisher [Paris] : Cum priuile reg. Israel excudi
[1635]
Container Summary: 11 prints : etching. Im. 6.5 x 8.5; Mt. 14.6 x 16.6
Scope and Contents note
The prints from a suite of 14 titled
LES FANTAISIES De Noble I. CALLOT … (1635) are from the first state with Israël Henriet's imprint. They are glued to sheets with blind embossed stamp and with
stamp: Ville de Genève Cabinet des Estampes.
Ref.: Lieure 1373-1381, 1383-1384
box 21*, folder 3
[La dame au vêtement ample]
[16--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 6 x 8.8; Mt. 8.1 x 10.5
Scope and Contents note
The print from the suite
Capricci di varie figure … (Lieure 447) is glued on a sheet bearing the stamp: Ville de Genève Cabinet des Estampes. State or copy with inscription
"Gosse" in lower right corner not mentioned by Lieure.
box 21*, folder 4
Habit de fripier Larmessin, Nicolas de, engraver
[ca. 1695]
Container Summary: 1 print : engraving. Im. 25.1 x 18.6; Pl. 27 x 19; Sh. 41.8 x 26.4
Scope and Contents note
The print from the suite
Costumes grotesques shows a figure holding a Harlequin outfit up on a stick.
Ref.: Weigert, no. 43
box 21*, folder 5
Regolamento teatrale per la comune di Bologna - Il prefetto del dipartimento del Reno In Bologna : Per le stampe del Sassi
1806
Container Summary: 1 sheet ([1] p.). Sh. 42.5 x 30.5
Scope and Contents note
Regulations, numbered 1 to 30, printed in 2 columns, governing the management and the number of theaters in Bologna. Issued
Nov. 15, 1806. Signed: ZECCHINI, Segretario Generale
box 21*, folder 6
Princeps, et promotores Regiæ peloritanæ academiæ periclitantium urbis Messanæ
1815
Container Summary: 1 sheet ([1] p.). Sh. 36.2 x 51
Scope and Contents note
Broadside issued by the Reale accademia peloritana dei pericolanti, Messina, possibly a certificate of admittance to the academy.
Inscribed in ink: "Nicolai Fucile". Dated Feb. 18, 1815 in ink and signed. Watermark. The wood engraving is illustrated with
an etching (Im. 13.2 x 17; Pl. 13.9 x 17.7) signed: Catarae. Ant. Zacco incidit.
box 21*, folder 7
Alle impareggiabili virtù, bellezze, e merito della signora Angela Marchetti comica insigne sopra le scene d'Italia …
[18--]
Container Summary: 1 sheet ([1] p.). Sh. 31.7 x 21.4
Scope and Contents note
Sonnet addressed to Angela Marchetti for her role as Laureno, signed: "L'Accademico lo sterile". Woodcut initial and ornamental
border.
box 21*, folder 7
Per gli occhi della signora Lvcinda rappresentante Adamira nella statva dell'honore … In Milano : Per Ioseffo Gariboldo.
[18--]
Container Summary: 1 sheet ([1] p.). Sh. 26 x 18
Scope and Contents note
Madrigal addressed to Laura Sarsali for her role as Adamira. Woodcut initial, ornamental border. Watermark: circle with scroll
work.
box 21*, folder 7
Per la signora Lavra Sarsali detta Lvcinda comica celebratissima rappresentando Adamira nella statua dell'Onore
[18--]
Container Summary: 1 sheet ([1] p.). Sh. 21.1 x 31.6
Scope and Contents note
Madrigal addressed to Laura Sarsali for her role as Adamira. Woodcut initial, ornamental border.
box 21*, folder 8
[Untitled]
[15--?]
Container Summary: 1 print : engraving. Sh. 26 x 35
Scope and Contents note
Stage design with central float & 2 grottoes in background; 7 figures on float, possibly Venus, Nereids or sea-nymphs in human
form, adorned with scallop shells. Coat of arms: shield tower, ensigned with a cardinal hat. Inscription: A M D G [i.e. Ad
Maiorem Dei Gloriam ?]
box 21*, folder 8
[Untitled]
[15--?]
Container Summary: 1 print : engraving, etching. Sh. 24.6 x 31.7; Mt. 28.5 x 39.
Scope and Contents note
Unidentified stage design with figures in a clearing.
box 21*, folder 8
[View of street]
[16--?]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Pl. 20.8 x 17.5; Sh. 21.2 x 17.8
Scope and Contents note
Possibly stage design of an urban setting with ancient ruins, soldiers on foot and horseman; Virgin and Child seated on cloud
above city.
box 21*, folder 8
[Arena for military exercices]
[ca. 1679?]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching/engraving. Sh. 10.7 x 14.6
Scope and Contents note
Related to plate from
Le Amazzoni dell'isole fortunate ... (In Padova : Per Pietro Frambotto) illustrating stage design by Francesco Santurini (cf. Molinari, C. Le nozze degli dèi,
no. 200).
box 21*, folder 8
[Terrasse with 2 figures]
[17--?]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Sh. 18.3 x 13.7
Scope and Contents note
Oval leaf possibly related to perspective view by Carlo Antonio Buffagnotti or design by Ferdinando Galli Bibiena.
box 21*, folder 8
[Sea vessels]
[ca. 17--?]
Container Summary: 2 prints : etching. Sh. 9.7 x 13
box 21*, folder 8
[Landscape with ancient ruins]
[16--?]
Container Summary: 2 prints : etching. Sh. 15.5 (diameter)
Scope and Contents note
Circular etchings. Watermark.
Oversize materials, Series VII.
ca. 1685-1983
Physical Description: 40 flat file folders
Scope and Contents note
The series is divided into subseries that reflect the major subdivisions of the finding aid.
Stage and theater design, Series VII.A.
1691-1803
oversize 1**
[Atrio] Buffagnotti, Carlo Antonio, etcher Bibiena, Ferdinando Galli, designer
[17--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Pl. 67 x 42.5; Sh. 72 x 47.4; Mt. 78.7 x 47.4
Scope and Contents note
Within image in ink in lower right: Bibbiena; within image in upper right,in ink: 114; on mount, in ink, top center: Ferdinando
Galli Bibbiena; on mount, in ink, upper right: 70. Bound with
[Atrio] (Ricci, no. 18) and
PIAZZA DEL PALLAZZO REALE CON SONTVOSO APPARECCHIO … (Ricci, no. 17).
Ref.: Ricci, C.
I Bibiena, architetti teatrali, no. 19
oversize 1**
[Atrio] Buffagnotti, Carlo Antonio, etcher Bibiena, Ferdinando Galli, designer
[17--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Pl. 67.5 x 44.8; Sh. 72 x 49; Mt. 78 x 49
Scope and Contents note
On mount, in ink, bottom center: Bibbiena; on mount, in ink, top center: Ferdinando Galli Bibbiena; on mount, in ink, upper
right: HS 71. Bound with
[Atrio] (Ricci, no. 19) and
PIAZZA DEL PALLAZZO REALE CON SONTVOSO APPARECCHIO … (Ricci, no. 17).
Ref.: Ricci, C.
I Bibiena, architetti teatrali, no. 18
oversize 1**
Piazza del pallazzo reale con sontvoso apparecchio di pvblica festa per la pace stabilita fra Tolomeo e Selevco Buffagnotti, Carlo Antonio, etcher Bibiena, Ferdinando Galli, designer
[17--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 47.8 x 60.3; Sh. 50 x 66.5; Mt. 50 x 78.5
Scope and Contents note
Set for the peace between Tolomeo and Seleuco, performed at the Teatro ducale nuovo in Piacenza in 1691. Annotated in ink
on image, lower left: Bibbiena; ink annotation on mount: Ferdinando Galli / Bibbiena // H(G?) 72. Bound with
[Atrio] (Ricci, no. 18) and
[Atrio] (Ricci, no. 19).
Ref.: Ricci, C.
I Bibiena, architetti teatrali, no. 17
oversize 2**
[Catafalque] Bibiena, Ferdinando Galli, designer
[17--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 67 x 47.5; Sh. 79 x 50
Scope and Contents note
The print from
Varie architetture e prospettive shows the design for an elaborate catafalque.
On sheet, in ink at top: Fedinando Galli Bibbiena; at right: 412, 15. On sheet, in ink at bottom: Bibiena Invent.
oversize 3**
[Untitled] Chamant, Joseph, designer; etcher
[17--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 46 x 61.2; Sh. 47.8 x 68.2
Scope and Contents note
Stage design of an urban setting by a waterfront adorned with sculpture, an equestrian statue and an arch. Inscribed in lower
part of image: A Son Ex:ce M:r le Comte de Richecourt & / Joseph Chamant Architecte Theatral et Peintre de S. A. R. Grand
Duc de Toscane inv., et Sculp.
Condition: binding holes along top margin. In ink at top and bottom: Giuseppe Scamant Architetto …; lower right: 113, 46.
oversize 4**
Numero XXIV invenzioni teatrali di Gaspare Galliari pubblicate in Milano nel MDCCCIII Rados, Luigi, etcher Galliari, Gaspare, designer
1803
Container Summary: 1 print : aquatint, etching, brown ink. Im. 34.3 x 43.7; Pl. 38.4 x 47.8; Sh. 45.3 x 59.9
Scope and Contents note
Title leaf of the suite of prints after the theatrical designs published in Milan in 1803.
oversize 5**
[Logge sotteranee] Rados, Luigi, etcher; Galliari, Gaspare, designer
1803
Container Summary: 1 print : aquatint, etching, mezzotint, black ink. Im. 34.5 x 44; Pl. 38.5 x 47.5; Sh. 42.2 x 54.5
Scope and Contents note
Plate II from the suite
Numero XXIV invenzioni teatrali … illustrating a nocturnal architectural design. Inscribed in the lower margin: Gasparo Galliari in:, et pinx: / Luigi Rados
sculp:
oversize 6**
[Untitled] Rados, Luigi, etcher; Galliari, Gaspare, designer
1803
Container Summary: 1 print : aquatint, etching, brown ink. Im. 34 x 43.5; Sh. 36.9 x 51
Scope and Contents note
Plate XI from the suite
Numero XXIV invenzioni teatrali … showing a Gothic architectural set, possibly a prison in which a woman stabs herself, while a slain man lies on the ground,
and two figures approach. Inscribed in the lower margin: Gaspare Galliari in, et pinx: / Luigi Rados sculp:
oversize 7**
[Luoghi sotterranei] Rados, Luigi, etcher Galliari, Gaspare, designer
1803
Container Summary: 1 print : aquatint, etching, brown ink. Im. 34.3 x 43.1; Sh. 36.7 x 50.5
Scope and Contents note
Plate XVI from the suite
Numero XXIV invenzioni teatrali …illustrating a Gothic architectural design. Inscribed in the lower margin: Gaspare Galliari in:, et pinx: / L: Rados sculp:
oversize 8**
[Luoghi sotterranei] Rados, Luigi, etcher Galliari, Gaspare, designer
1803
Container Summary: 1 print : aquatint, etching, brown ink. Im. 34.2 x 43.4; Pl. 38.5 x 48; Sh. 47.9 x 62.8
Scope and Contents note
Plate XVI from the suite
Numero XXIV invenzioni teatrali …showing a Gothic architectural design. Inscribed in the lower margin: Gaspare Galliari in:, et pinx: / L: Rados sculp:
oversize 9**
[Untitled] Rados, Luigi, etcher Galliari, Gaspare, designer
1803
Container Summary: 1 print : aquatint, etching, black ink. Im. 34.5 x 43.5; Pl. 39 x 48; Sh. 40 x 49.2
Scope and Contents note
Plate XX from the suite
Numero XXIV invenzioni teatrali … showing a group of figures, probably a family, within an architectural setting suggesting the interior of a prison. Inscribed
in the lower margin: G:re Galliari in:, et pinx: / L: Rados sculp:
Views, plans, and sections of theaters
oversize 10**
Bellonae ac mvsis teatrvm Rainvtivs Farn[e]sivs Parma, et Placenti dux IV castri V Avgvsta … MDCXVIII. Draghi, Carlo Vincenzo, draftsman; Aleotti, Giambattista, architect
[16--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 67.7 x 77.5; Sh. 69.5 x 79.5
Scope and Contents note
The print shows the proscenium and stage curtain of the Teatro Farnese in Parma, of which the construction was begun in 1618
under Ranuccio I Farnese. Inscribed in lower left corner: Carolus Virginius Dragus delin. Watermark: fleur-de-lis. Conditon:
creases and binding tape on verso.
Ref. Gandolfi, V. Teatro farnese di Parma, fig. 168
oversize 11**
Plan général du grand théatre de Parme Patrini, Giuseppe, etcher; Feneulle, Luigi Augusto, draftsman
[ca. 1782]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 108.5 x 47.5; Full Sh. 112 x 51
Scope and Contents note
The ground plan of the Teatro Farnese in Parma is inscribed: Levé et dessiné par L.A. Feneulle / Gravé par Joseph Patrini.
The etching is printed on two sheets (52 x 51; 59.8 x 51).
Ref. Gandolfi, V.
Teatro Farnese di Parma, fig. 209
oversize 12**
Teatro e proscenio della festa teatrale intitolata Costanza e Fortezza rappresentata nel reale castello di Praga l'anno MDCCXXIII Birckhart, Anton, etcher; Bibiena, Giuseppe Galli, designer
[ca. 1723]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 48.8 x 83.6; Sh. 51 x 64
Scope and Contents note
The theater and proscenium in the royal castle in Prague are represented with a production of
Constanza e Fortezza. Inscribed within border of image: Giuseppe Galli Bibiena Primo Ingeniere et Architetto di Sua Maesta Cesarea. Inven: et
del: / Birckart Sculp: Prag.
Ref.:
Katalog der Ornamentstichsammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek, Berlin, no. 4145
oversize 13**
Il nvovo teatro dell'Accademia filarmonica di Verona Zucchi, Francesco, etcher; Avesani, Saverio, draftsman; Galli Bibiena, Francesco, architect
[ca. 1731]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 49.3 x 72.5; Pl. 50 x 73.3; Sh. 52.5 x 75.5
Scope and Contents note
The print incorporates in a trompe l'œil layout views, sections, plans, a banderole, and a legend related to the Teatro filarmonico
dell'Accademia of Verona (1715-1731), destroyed by fire in 1749. The sipario or theater curtain painted by Michelangelo Spada
is also shown (tau. III).
Ref.:
Architettura, scenografia, pittura di paesaggio, no. 168, fig. 146
Festivals, Series VII.B.
1685-1687
oversize 14**
Prospetto della salita del monte Pincio illuminata con dui ordini di candelabri dalla piazza fino alla sommità del monte sotto
del quale si uedeuano tutti gli alberi coperti da un infinità di stelle fiammeggianti
Bartoli, Pietro Santi, etcher Gherardi, Antonio, designer
[ca. 1685]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 62.5 x 53.8; Pl. 68.7 x 54.4; Sh. 70 x 55
Scope and Contents note
A view of Mount Pincio in Rome decorated for the celebrations ordered by Cardinal d'Estrées on the occasion of the revocation
of the Edict of Nantes by King Louis XIV in 1685. Inscribed in lower part of image: A. Gherardi Inu. / Pet Santi Bart. Inc.
Ref.: Fagiolo dell'Arco, M.
La festa barocca, p. 518-521, ill. on p. 520
oversize 15**
Reiouissances publiques pour le restablissement de la santé de Sa Maiesté tres chrestienne Louis Le Grand, faites a Rome par
son em.ze mg.r le card. D'Estréés duc et pair de France = Feste per la ricuperata salute di S. M. C. Luigi Grande, celebrate
in Roma dall'emin. sig. card. D'Estréés duca e pari di Francia
Mariotti, Vincenzo, etcher Delino, Simone Felice, designer; draftsman
[ca. 1687]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 64.2 x ca.52; Sh. 67.8 x ca.52 cm.
Scope and Contents note
A representation of the festivities held in 1687 in Piazza di Spagna and at the Church of Ss. Trinità dei Monti in Rome in
celebration of the convalescence of Louis XIV. Inscribed in lower part of image: S. Felice Delino Architetto Inuentò, et delineò
/ Vincenzo Mariotti Romano Incise.
The print does not contain legend (ALFABET DES …) in lower margin, ill. in Fagiolo dell'Arco, p. 533
Ref.: Fagiolo dell'Arco, M.
La festa barocca, p. 532-534, ill. on p. 533
oversize 16**
[Ss. Trinità dei Monti in Rome] Mariotti, Vincenzo, etcher Delino, Simone Felice, designer
[ca. 1687]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Sh. 67.5 x 52.5
Scope and Contents note
A representation of the decoration on the facade of the Church of Ss. Trinità dei Monti in Rome with a fireworks display designed
in celebration of the convalescence of Louis XIV.
Ref.: Fagiolo dell'Arco, M.
La festa barocca, p. 532-534, ill. on p. 534
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Tempio eretto alla B.V. Maria della Salute, per uoto fatto dall ecc:mo senato l'anno MDCXXXI dissegnato da Marco Boschini
conforme il modello di Baldassare Longena e Pompa con cui processionalm.te si portò il ser.mo principe alla uisita del medesimo
tempio la prima uolta …
Boschini, Marco, draftsman
[16--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 70 x 56.2; Pl. 74 x 56.2; Sh. 79.5 x 61
Scope and Contents note
A representation of the procession held on Nov. 21, feast of the Presentation of the Virgin to the Temple, to the Church of
Santa Maria della Salute in Venice.
Portraits of actors Series VII.C.
1670-1847
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Portrait de comédien. Tableau de Dominique Feti, qui est dans le cabinet de m.r Crozat peint sur toile, haut de 37. pouces
large 30. gravé par Nicolas de Larmessin
Larmessin, Nicolas de, etcher; Fetti, Domenico, designer
[16--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 28.5 x 23.5; Sh. 33 x 24.9; Mt. 40 x 28
Scope and Contents note
The three-quarter length portrait of an actor holding a mask is based on a painting by Domenico Fetti held at the Hermitage
(inv. 153). The sitter has been identified as Italian
commedia dell'arte actor Francesco Andreini, who was a founder of one of the earliest
commedia dell'arte troupes the Compagnia dei Gelosi. Impressions of the etching were issued in the
Recueil Crozat (t. II, 1729, plate 109).
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Portrait de comédien. Tableau de Dominique Feti, qui est dans le cabinet de m.r Crozat peint sur toile, haut de 37. pouces
large 30. gravé par Nicolas de Larmessin
Larmessin, Nicolas de, etcher; Fetti, Domenico, designer
[16--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 28.3 x 23.3; Pl. 32.3 x 24.2; Sh. 51.5 x 38.8
Scope and Contents note
The three-quarter length portrait of an actor holding a mask is based on a painting by Domenico Fetti held at the Hermitage
(inv. 153). The sitter has been identified as Italian
commedia dell'arte actor Francesco Andreini, who was a founder of one of the earliest
commedia dell'arte troupes the Compagnia dei Gelosi. The print was issued in the
Recueil Crozat (t. II, 1729, plate 109). Numbered in lower right corner of plate: 109.
oversize 19**
Icy de Mezetin rare et nouveau Protée … Vermeulen, Cornelis, engraver Troy, François de, designer
[16--]
Container Summary: 1 print : engraving. Im. 51.7 x 39; Pl. 56.3 x 40; Sh. 61.2 x 45.5
Scope and Contents note
The engraving, based on a painting by François de Troy, is a portrait of Angelo Constantini dressed in costume for the role
of Mezzetino. Inscribed: F. de Troy pinxit. / C. Vermeulen Sculp. Verses in the lower margin: Icy de Mezetin rare et nouveau
Protée … / Dela Fontaine.
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Luigi Ferretti. Eugenia Garcia. Cesare Badiali. cotesta imago ci ritragge in core, c'invita di riudirvi alla speranza - I
Modenesi.
Giugno 1847.
Container Summary: 1 print : chalk lithograph. Sh. 65 x 45.5
Scope and Contents note
The print shows a group portrait of three lyric singers from Modena: Luigi Ferretti, Eugenia Garcia, and Cesare Badiali.
oversize 21**
[Portrait of Raymond Poisson] Edelinck, Gérard, etcher A Paris : Chez I. Audran graveur du Roy au Gobelins
[ca. 1682]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching, engraving. Pl. 48.5 x 36.7; Sh. 50.3 x 38.8
Scope and Contents note
The standing portrait is of Raymond Poisson dressed in costume for the role of Crispin.
State 4 (cf. Robert-Dumesnil)
In plate's lower margin, poem in quatrain: Le Peintre et le Graveur nous ont dans ce Portrait / Du celebre Crispin donné la
ressemblance / …
Ref.: Robert-Dumesnil, no. 299; Weigert, no. 100
Commedia dell'arte, Series VII.D.
1670-1890
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Oh! Che gusto! Copia, Jacques-Louis, engraver Sicard, Louis-Marie, designer
[17--]
Container Summary: 1 print : stipple engraving. Pl. 42.5 x 35; Sh. 52 x 40.4
Scope and Contents note
Oval image of Pierrot holding a plate on which sits a sausage; girl looking on longingly.
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L'amour au théâtre italien. gravé de la même grandeur du tableau original du cabinet de mr. de Rosnel. Cochin, Charles Nicolas , etcher Watteau, Antoine, designer A Paris : Chez Basan graveur
[17--]
Container Summary: 1 print : engraving, etching. Im. 37 x 49; Pl. 41.8 x 50.5; Sh. 45.2 x 62 + 1 poster
Scope and Contents note
The print is based on Antoine Watteau's painting at the Staatliche Museen in Berlin that features several
commedia dell'arte characters. Inscribed in the lower margin: Watteau pinx. / C.N. Cochin Sculp. Caption in the lower margin: La jalouse Italie
éffrayant les Amours, / …
State 5 (cf. Dacier)
Ref.: Dacier, É., Vuaflart, A. Jean de Jullienne, no. 271
Accompanied by: 1 poster : offset lithograph, col. Im. 27 x 35.5; Sh. 31.7 x 40.3 (after Antoine Watteau's painting)
oversize 24**
Bella è costei, ma con quel volto, orrore … Bartolozzi, Francesco, etcher Ferretti, Giovanni Domenico, designer Wagner, Joseph, publisher
[ca. 1761]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 37 x 27.4; Pl. 41.6 x 28.4; Sh. 63.3 x 46.4
Scope and Contents note
The print is based on a painting by Giovanni Domenico Ferretti in the series
Le 4 arlecchinate or
Harlequinades (John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota). It shows Harlequin disguised as a woman, seated and working on a pillow,
while Columbine stands beside him holding a mask in her hand. Four verses are inscribed in the lower margin. Numbered in the
lower margin: No. 26-2. Inscribed: Gio. Dom.co Ferretti inven. / F. Bartolozzi Scul. Appo I. Wagner Ven. a C.P.E.S. Watermark:
lettering (A C) and shield ensigned by crown and decorated with 3 stars.
Ref.: Maser, E. The disguises of Harlequin (1956)
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[Le 4 arlecchinate] Bartolozzi, Francesco, etcher Ferretti, Giovanni Domenico, designer Wagner, Joseph, publisher
[ca. 1761]
Container Summary: 2 prints : etching. Im. 31.5 x 27.6
Scope and Contents note
The prints are based on paintings by Giovanni Domenico Ferretti in the series
Le 4 arlecchinate or
Harlequinades (John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota). The first print ([Andò per bastonar fu: bastonato …]) shows a crippled
Harlequin with rifle and sword walking on crutches as Columbine assists him. The second one ([Invano si nasconde un traditore
…]) shows Columbine pulling back Harlequin's mantle and disclosing his identity. Pasted on verso of print [1]: Les Annales
de Tacite, Livre XV, p. 373.
Ref.: Maser, E. The disguises of Harlequin (1956)
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[Le 4 arlecchinate] Bartolozzi, Francesco, etcher Ferretti, Giovanni Domenico, designer Wagner, Joseph, publisher [Venice] : Appo I. Wagner
Ven.a C.P.E.S.
[ca. 1761]
Container Summary: 2 prints : etching. Pl. 40.2 x 31; Sh. 44.6 x 35.1
Scope and Contents note
The prints are based on paintings by Giovanni Domenico Ferretti in the series
Le 4 arlecchinate or
Harlequinades (John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota). The first one, numbered 3, is titled
Andò per bastonar fu: bastonato … The second one, numbered 4, is titled
Invano si nasconde un traditore ….
oversize 26**
[Pierrot] Flameng, Léopold, etcher Watteau, Antoine, designer
[18--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 39.5 x 31.5; Sh. 47.1 x 32.6; Mt. 51 x 39
Scope and Contents note
The etching shows Pierrot (or Gilles) standing in a landscape with four figures in the background. Pencilled in the lower
margin: Léop. Flameng.
Plays, ballets, and pantomimes
oversize 27**
Ballet dansé au théâtre de l'opera dans le Carnaval du Parnasse, acte 1.er Basan, François, etcher; publisher; Saint-Aubin, Gabriel Jacques de, designer A Paris : Ches Basan, graveur, rue St. Jacques
[1761]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 28.1 x 35.5; Pl.32 x 37; Sh. 41.5 x 43.3
Scope and Contents note
A representation of the first act of Louis Fuzelier and Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville's ballet
Le Carnaval du Parnasse, first performed at the Opéra in Paris in 1749, and again in 1759 and 1767. It shows several
commedia dell'arte figures, notably Pantalone (i.e. Pantaloon) and Columbine (i.e. Colombine). The print was issued in: L'œuvre de Basan (I,
no. 45). Inscription: Monseigneur, le Duc de la Valiere; Pair et Grand Fauconnier de France, … Ref.: Dacier, 1929, no. 748,
vol. I, pl. VIII; Roux, M. Inventaire du fonds français : graveurs du XVIIIe siècle, t. II, no. 267
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Nobiliss: ac generosiss: viro Henrico Ter-Smitten à quo Roma nuperrime oculis perlustrata sanctorum apostolorum aream, templis
et palatiis einctam, ludicris spectaculis frequenter occupatam debita veneratione dicate atque consecrat - Petrus Schenk
Schenk Peter, publisher Amstelod. : Cum privil: ord: Holl: et West-Frisix
[16--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 46 x 58; Pl. 50.3 x 59.5; Sh. 52.2 x 62.6
Scope and Contents note
The print depicts performances on stage and on a float of
commedia dell'arte figures in Piazza dei Ss.i Apostoli in Rome.
oversize 29**
Piazza Navona antico circo agonale dell'imperatore Severo Alessandro edificata sv le rvine di esso …
[16--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 39.5 x 69.3; Sh. 44.5 x 70.5
Scope and Contents note
The print depicts performances on stage and on floats of
commedia dell'arte figures in Piazza Navona in Rome during carnival. A caption in the lower margin mentions the "COMPARSA DELLE MASCHERE IN
TEMPO DI CARNOVALE" and lists the churches, palaces, and sculpture ensembles on Piazza Navona.
oversize 30**
Sixtvs V. pont. max. colvmnam hanc ab omni impietate expvrgam …
[16--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching, with wash in grey tones. Im. 50.5 x 68.3; Pl. 55.5 x 74; Sh. 60 x 78.5
Scope and Contents note
The print depicts Piazza Colonna in Rome, crowded during carnival with strolling figures, performers on stage and on floats
acting
commedia dell'arte characters. Title from inscription on column of Marcus Aurelius.
oversize 31**
Prospectus columnæ Antonini pij imp. Romæ : Typis Matthæi Gregrorij de Rubeis Romani in Foro Agonali …
1693
Container Summary: 1 print : etching ; image 38.5 x 48.8 cm., plate mark 38.6 x 49 cm., on sheet 48.5 x 65.4 cm.
Scope and Contents note
A representation of Piazza Colonna in Rome, in which strolling
commedia dell'arte and masked figures appear. The column was erroneously identified as that of Antoninus Pius when it was restored during the
papacy of Sixtus V. A caption inscribed in a banderole lists the monuments on Piazza Colonna, including the Palazzo Chigi.
oversize 32**
I cavallini di carta (premiati) ed esterno del festival Cavarretta, Giuseppe, lithographer Richter & C. Napoli.
1876
Container Summary: 1 print : chalk lithograph, hand col. Im. 34.4 x 50.6; Sh. 38.8 x 52
Scope and Contents note
Plate X from
Carnevale di Napoli … (Naples : Richter, 1876) showing a carnival procession featuring
commedia dell'arte
figures and a carriage led by cardboard ponies. In upper part of image: Album del Carnevale 1876 / Tav. X. Below the image:
G. Cavarretta inv.ò e dis.ò.
Uses of commedia dell'arte imagery,
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Royal masquerade Somerset House Cook, Thomas, engraver Hogarth, William, designer
[London] : Published by Tho.s Cook engraver & printer N°11 Hay Market Oct.r 21st 1805
Container Summary: 1 print : engraving. Im. 39.5 x 52.4; Sh. 44.2 x 57
Scope and Contents note
The print depicts a room with masked figures in conversation and playing cards. Inscribed: Hogarth pinx. / T. Cook Sc.
oversize 34**
Bal de l'opéra Bosio, Jean François, draftsman
[1804]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching, hand col. Im. 31.4 x 45.3; Pl. 37.7 x 49.8; Sh. 46.7 x 61.4
Scope and Contents note
The print is possibly the one titled
Bal de l'opéra published in:
Cinq tableaux de costumes parisiens … (A Paris, au Bureau du journal des Dames, rue Montmartre 132, 1804). Inscribed in lower left corner: DS: Bosio Del.t (with
letters D & S interlaced). The signature of D.S. Bosio has been identified as possibly that of Jean-François Bosio (1767-1832).
Ref.: Béraldi, H.
Les graveurs du XIXe siècle, t. II, p. 166-167; Laran, J., Adhémar, J.
Inventaire du fonds français après 1800, t. 3, p. 157-158
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[Caricature of King James II of England and King Louis XIV of France Hooghe, Romeyn de, draftsman; etcher [Geneva] : Gisling f: et exc: Genevæ
[ca. 1689]
Container Summary: 8 prints : etching, engraving, letterpress. Im. 34 x 38.5; Pl. 38.2 x 39.5; Sh. 60 x ca.46.7
Scope and Contents note
Plates of caricatures of King James II and King Louis XIV, titled:
Arlequin deodat et pamirge hypochondriaques,
Arlequin furieux et pantagion triumphant,
Arlequin sur l'hypogryphe ala croisade lojoliste,
La belle Constance dragonée par Arlequin deodat,
L'épiphane du nouveau antichrist. 1689,
L'Europe allarmée pour le fils d'un meunier,
La feste des trois rois aux Invalides,
Paye qui tombe. Each leaf has an image etched/engraved with a title inscribed in the lower margin. Letterpress Dutch verses are printed
in 3 or 4 columns in the lower half of sheets (with French version in plates [2, 4, 6]). Stamps with reference to Muller,
Fr.,
De Nederlandsche geschiedenis in platen, are glued to the lower right hand corner in plates [1-7]: "Fr. M. No.2754" to "Fr. M. No. 2761". In pencil, in lower right
corner of plate [8]: F. M. 2766; in ink: 2141. The imprint is from plate [1].
Ref.: Hollstein 154-161; Landwehr, J.
Romeyn de Hooghe the etcher: contemporary portrayal of Europe, p. 213-219, 222
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Mardi gras de cocq à l'ane Hooghe, Romeyn de, draftsman; etcher tot Antwerpen : By Cornelis Woons, op de Melck Mart, in de Gulde Sterre. 1690
[1690]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 37.3 x 39.5; Pl. 38 x 40.4; Sh. 56 x 40.4
Scope and Contents note
A caricature about the strife between Amsterdam and Prince William III of Orange. The title is inscribed in the lower margin
of etching and letterpress Dutch verses are printed in 3 columns in lower half of sheet.
Ref.: Hollstein 164; Landwehr, J. Romeyn de Hooghe the etcher: contemporary portrayal of Europe, p. 227
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Toverkaart of genees middel der wind-breuken vant zuid west en de uitvaart van cartouche
[1720]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 29.8 x 36.8; Pl. 33.7 x 44.3; Sh. 40.4 x 50.4
Scope and Contents note
Eighteen characters, including Harlequin, Scaramouche and Columbine on a card containing an alphabet letter, an inscription
in Dutch and figures performing acrobatics or circus-like feats.
Ref.: Lawner, L. Harlequin on the moon, p. 67-68
oversize 37**
Toverkaart of genees middel …
[17--]
Container Summary: 1 print : etching. Im. 25.8 x 17.2; Pl. 31 x 18.9; Sh. 32.6 x 20.3
Scope and Contents note
Eighteen characters, including Harlequin, Scaramouche and Columbine on a card containing an alphabet letter, an inscription
in Dutch and figures performing acrobatics or circus-like feats.
Playbills Series VII.E.
1923-1983
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Teatro Carcano … Compagnia di Ettore Petrolini domenica 11 febbraio 1923 … 2 rappresentazioni Romani di Roma … [Milan] : Ufficine Tipo Lit. I.G.A.P. Milano …
1923
Container Summary: 1 sheet ([1] p.). Sh. 99 x 68.5
Scope and Contents note
The playbill announces the performance of two plays by Ettore Petrolini,
Romani di Roma and
Mustafà, at the Teatro Carcano in Milan.
oversize 39**
Europäische Theaterausstellung 1955 [Vienna] : Brüder Rosenbaum, Wien
1955
Container Summary: 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill., col. Sh. 84 x 59
Scope and Contents note
The poster, decorated with a
commedia dell'arte figure, announces a theater exhibition at the Vienna Künstlerhaus.
oversize 40**
Le Théâtre Romain Rolland de Villejuif propose CdA 83 1er festival international de Commedia dell'arte du Val de Marne Design: Rinaldo Cutini - Imprimerie Desbouis-Grésil. 91230 Montgeron
1983
Container Summary: 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill., col. Sh. 59.9 x 40
Scope and Contents note
The color poster announces the first
commedia dell'arte festival in Villejuif, featuring conferences, performances, exhibits, and movies.
oversize 40**
1er festival international de Commedia dell'arte du Val de Marne sous le haut patronage du Conseil Général 1er au 30 octobre
1983
Imprimerie Desbouis-Grésil. 91230 Montgeron. Conception graphique: Rinaldo Cutini
1983
Container Summary: 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill., col. Sh. 60 x 40
Scope and Contents note
The color poster with an illustration of
De la Commedia dell'arte (Pignon, 1983) announces the first
commedia dell'arte festival in Villejuif.