Print Description
Medium: Etching and engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 33 x 24 cm (12.99 x 9.45 inch). Image size: 20.5 x 17.5 cm. (8.07 x 6.89 inch).
Condition: very good, given age. Light foxing, creasing and soiling. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
DANCING DWARFS, DUTCH SATIRE, 18TH CENTURY, CARICATURE, BAROQUE PRINTS, BALLET SATIRE, WOLRAB, GROTESQUE, HUMOR, ANTIQUE PRINT | PCO-EXPO-493 (DUTCH)
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Dutch pirated edition of Theatralische Zwergen Tantz-Schul (ca. 1720), based on the original German suite by Johann Jacob Wolrab, plate 10 from the 16-plate Dutch suite.
Reference: Jed Wentz, ‘Deformity, Delight and Dutch Dancing Dwarfs: An Eighteenth-Century Suite of Prints from The United Provinces,’ Music in Art, 36:1/2 (2011), p. 194; JSTOR stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/41818684.
Biography artist: Johann Jacob Wolrab (active ca. 1716-1720), Nuremberg print publisher and satirical artist. Known for suites depicting dwarfs in elite social activities as biting commentary on class performance.
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