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H Beard Print Collection

Print
ca. 1760 (published)
Artist/Maker
Ferretti, Giovanni Domenico (painter)
Bartolozzi, Francesco (etcher)
Wagner, Joseph (Appo) (publisher)
Place of origin
Italy (published)

Print from a painting by Giovanni Domenico Ferretti depicting an injured Harlequin with sword, rifle and pistol using crutches as he has lost his left leg below the knee. Columbine assists him in his return. The print is the third in a series of four entitled 'Le 4 arlecchinate', or Harlequinades and was published in Venice by Joseph Wagner.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Prints
Object type
Print
TitleH Beard Print Collection (named collection)
Materials and techniques
etching, ink on paper
Paper
Printing Ink
Print-Making
Etching (Corroding)
Brief description
Print from a painting by Giovanni Domenico Ferretti. Published in Venice by Joseph Wagner, ca. 1760, Harry Beard Collection.
Physical description
Etched print from a painting by Giovanni Domenico Ferretti depicting an injured Harlequin.
Dimensions
  • Print size height: 50.1cm
  • Print size width: 34cm
Marks and inscriptions
'Andò per bastonar fu: bastonato: / E all'altrui carità si raccimanda. / Se non vi move un povero storpiato, / Vi mova chi per lui pietà domanda.' (Etched on front of print.)
Subjects depicted
Harlequin
Columbine
Summary
Print from a painting by Giovanni Domenico Ferretti depicting an injured Harlequin with sword, rifle and pistol using crutches as he has lost his left leg below the knee. Columbine assists him in his return. The print is the third in a series of four entitled 'Le 4 arlecchinate', or Harlequinades and was published in Venice by Joseph Wagner.
Associated objects
Other number
F.155-12 - H Beard collection numbering
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.3781-2009

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Record createdJanuary 13, 2010
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1153260/h-beard-print-collection-print-ferretti-giovanni-domenico/
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