print;
game-board
- Museum number
- 1893,0331.33
- Title
- Object: Nuovo et Piaccevole Gioco detto il Barone
- Description
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Game board with numbered pictorial compartments from 1 to 76, in the centre a rustic military figure carrying a flag inscribed "Capitano di Baroni" (after Callot, Lieure 479)
Woodcut
- Production date
- mid 17thc
- Dimensions
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Height: 487 millimetres
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Width: 374 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- This crude woodcut, showing clear signs of use, belongs to a small sub-set of Italian 'beggar' games. Loosely based on the Game of the Goose, most of the character spaces on the board are linked to objects or locations - e.g. landing on the hunter [cazzador] on space 14 takes you to the hare [lepre] on space 19. The key exceptions are the spaces featuring beggars [baroni], who instead allow the player to take a small amount from any money wagered on the board. The central 'Capitano di Baroni' is after the title-page of the famous series of beggar etchings by Jacques Callot.
Naomi Lebens
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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2017 Sept 29-Nov 23 BM G90a Prints in Play
- Acquisition date
- 1893
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1893,0331.33
