Print Description
In the caption verses in German, French and Dutch. Numbered: 44. Part of the second Dutch bound edition from 1720 (and related to the Windhandel in that year) of a series of caricatures of little people, known as The Dwarf Scene.
Made by Anna Folkema after Jacques Callot.
Medium: Etching on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 17 x 23 cm (6.69 x 9.06 inch). Image size: 10.5 x 13 cm. (4.13 x 5.12 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Some staining in right margin. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
LITTLE PEOPLE-SATIRES-CARICATURES-POOR-WANDERER | PCO-C44-48
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
From a set of 50. “Il Callotto resuscitato,” “Neu eingerichtes Zwerchen Cabinet,” or “Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid” published by Wilhelmus Koning in Amsterdam in 1716. A second ed. was published in 1720 as part of ‘Tafereel der Dwaasheid’.
Reference: FMH 3695.
Biography engraver: Anna Folkema (1695-1708) was an Dutch engraver and miniaturist from Dokkum. She worked with her brother Jacob.
Biography artist: The prints inspired by the prints by Jacques Callot.
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