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Object Type
print
Museum number
1920,1211.17
Description
Two fashionably dressed young men, one with his hand on the other's shoulder, with the one on the right speaking to a dwarf, another dwarf with a fur hat on his head to the left; after Marco Zoppo Engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Francesco Novelli
After:
Marco Zoppo
After:
Andrea Mantegna
(Formerly attributed to)
School/style
Italian
Production date
1795
Production place
Printed in:
Venice (city)
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
230 millimetres
Height:
345 millimetres
Width:
287 millimetres
(book-size)
Width:
172 millimetres
(plate-mark)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
For further details, see 1920,1211.4 For details on the drawing see 1920,0214.1.6
Location
Not on display
Subjects
italian costume 15thc
gigantism/dwarfism
Associated names
Associated with:
Giambattista dei Rossi
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Arthur Kay
Donated through:
Art Fund
(as NACF)
Acquisition date
1920
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1920,1211.17