Commedia dell'Arte XX-A, 'The Birth of a Harlequin'
Artist
PECSENKE, Giuseppe
Date1984
MediumEtching/aqua-blue ink
ClassificationsVisual Works
Object number1984.23.20
DescriptionScene depicted takes place against Roman ruins where a makeshift roof covers the central figures (who are all on the left side), most of whom stand together before some kind of vessel from which smoke is emitted; in the left foreground the mother kneels before the harlequin child who rests on a bed of straw; balancing the picture, two figures on the viewer's right hold conversation, a low wall seperates themOn View
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