'Habit d'Arlequin moderne'

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

Full length male figure wearing Harlequin costume of long jacket and ankle-length trousers, the lozenges long and bisected, with full black face mask, hat and wooden bat. Inscribed 12. Titled below the image: 'Habit d'Arlequin moderne / Joullain scul.' with mss note 'cut out'.

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Categories	Entertainment & Leisure Theatre Prints
Object type	Print
Title	'Habit d'Arlequin moderne' (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Engraving
Brief description	'Habit d'Arlequin moderne'. 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 wearing Harlequin costume of long jacket and ankle-length trousers, the lozenges long and bisected, with full black face mask, hat and wooden bat. Inscribed 12. Titled below the image: 'Habit d'Arlequin moderne / Joullain scul.' with mss note 'cut out'.
Dimensions	Height: 190mm At upper edge width: 107mm irregularly cut down at sides
Production type	Mass produced
Marks and inscriptions	'12' (Upper right hand corner; Handwriting; Pen and ink; Unknown) 'cut out' (Textual information; Lower right of title; Handwriting; Pencil; Unknown)
Credit line	Cyril W. Beaumont Bequest
Object history	The print came to the museum as part of the Cyril Beaumont Bequest. François Joullain 's engravings, after Charles-Antoine Coypel, were illustrations for Louis Riccoboni's Histoire du theatre Italien, published in Paris, 1728-1731.
Subjects depicted	Commedia Dell'arte Harlequin
Associated objects	S.5276-2009 (Object) S.402-2000 (Object) S.403-2000 (Object) S.405-2000 (Object) S.406-2000 (Object) S.407-2000 (Object) S.408-2000 (Object)
Collection	Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number	S.404-2000

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Record created	January 10, 2001
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O51626/habit-darlequin-moderne-print-joullain-françois/

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