'Habit de Scaramouche Napolitain'

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Artist/Maker	Joullain, François (engraver)
Place of origin	Paris (engraved)

Full length male figure with moustache, wearing long jacket with frilled neck and sleeves, a sword belt from which hangs a sword to the back, a cloak thrown around the upper left arm, hanging free to the right, knee breeches and a bonnet. Inscribed 11. Titled below the image: 'Habit de Scaramouche Napolitain / Joulain [sic]sculp.'

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Categories	Entertainment & Leisure Theatre Prints
Object type	Print
Title	'Habit de Scaramouche Napolitain'
Materials and techniques	Engraving
Brief description	'Habit de Scaramouche Napolitain'. Engraving by François Joullain (1697-1778) after Charles-Antoine Coypel, plate from Luigi Riccoboni's Histoire du Théâtre Italien, Paris: Cailleau, 1728-1731.
Physical description	Full length male figure with moustache, wearing long jacket with frilled neck and sleeves, a sword belt from which hangs a sword to the back, a cloak thrown around the upper left arm, hanging free to the right, knee breeches and a bonnet. Inscribed 11. Titled below the image: 'Habit de Scaramouche Napolitain / Joulain [sic]sculp.'
Dimensions	Height: 188mm At upper edge width: 112mm irregularly cut down at sides
Marks and inscriptions	'11' (Upper right hand corner; Handwriting; Pen and ink; Unknown)
Credit line	Cyril W. Beaumont Bequest
Object history	The print came to the Museum as part of the Cyril Beaumont Bequest
Subjects depicted	Commedia Dell'arte Scaramouche
Associated objects	S.402-2000 (Object) S.404-2000 (Object) S.405-2000 (Object) S.406-2000 (Object) S.407-2000 (Object) S.408-2000 (Object) S.5276-2009 (Object)
Collection	Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number	S.403-2000

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Record created	January 10, 2001
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O51621/habit-de-scaramouche-napolitain-print-joullain-françois/

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