An Old Mummer Addressing a Couple Wearing Costumes, plate 10 from "The Masquerades"
Composition of three figures. On the left side two figures are depicted wearing costumes. On the far left, a male figure wears a suit made out of ivy and an owl mask. The second figure wears a cuirass with a skirt and cape made out of feathers. The costume resembles the dress often associated with the 'savage cultures' from the Americas. On the right side of the print an elderly figure with donkey ears is depicted who seems to be addressing the other two.
Artwork Details
- Title: An Old Mummer Addressing a Couple Wearing Costumes, plate 10 from "The Masquerades"
- Series/Portfolio: The Masquerades
- Artist: Workshop of Jacques de Gheyn II (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1565–1629 The Hague)
- Artist: After Jacques de Gheyn II (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1565–1629 The Hague)
- Date: 1595–96
- Medium: Engraving; first state of three
- Dimensions: Sheet: 9 3/8 × 6 5/8 in. (23.8 × 16.9 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
- Object Number: 49.95.1229(10)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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Workshop of Jacques de Gheyn II (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1565–1629 The Hague)
1595–96
Jacques de Gheyn II (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1565–1629 The Hague)
ca. 1603
Workshop of (?) Jacques de Gheyn II (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1565–1629 The Hague)
Workshop of (?) Jacques de Gheyn II (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1565–1629 The Hague)
n.d.
Jacques de Gheyn II (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1565–1629 The Hague)
late 16th–early 17th century
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