Veglia

A veglia, or vigil, was a late-evening entertainment which contained orchestral accompaniments, ballets, jousts and singing.

Typhoeus Beneath the Mountains of Ischia [The Three Interludes]

• Etching after Giulio Parigi, 1617 [inv.1972.01.182M185]
• [28.5 x 20] (L185)
• Inscribed, lower right: iullius Parigii Inu: Iac. Callot delineaut et.

Commedia dell' Arte

This difficult to translate term literally translated means comedy of art.

Pantalone

Pantalone, or Cassandra, is a sixteenth-century copy of the Venetian Pantalone.

il Capitano

Il Capitano, or the lover, belongs to the tradition of the innamorato rather than that of the Capitano regardless of the designation of 'captain.'

Zani

Zani, or Scapin, is generally believed to have originated in Milan, though his ancestry is uncertain.

Pantalone [Three Italian Comedy Performers]

• Etching, 1618 [inv.1972.01.182K288]
• [21 x 14.5] (L288)
• Inscribed, lower left: Ia Callot. fe. firenza
  

Il Capitano [Three Italian Comedy Performers]

• Etching, 1618 [inv.1972.01.182K289]
• [21 x 14.5] (L289)

Zani [Three Italian Comedy Performers]

• Etching, 1618 [inv.1972.01.182K290]
• [21.5 x 14.5] (L290)

Two Pantaloons Dancing, Face to Face [Capricci]

• Etching, 1622 [inv.1972.01.182G463]
• [6 x 8.5] (L463)
• Inscribed, lower right: 35

Two Pantaloons Dancing, Back to Back [Capricci]

• Etching, 1622 [inv.1972.01.182G462]
• [6 x 8.5] (L462)
• Inscribed, lower right: 34

Frontispiece [Gobbi]

• Etching, 1616 [inv.1972.01.182P279]
• [6 x 8.5] (L279)
• This is the first print of a series of fifty etchings. Although this frontispiece gives the date 1616, most historians believe that the series manifests a style Callot developed later in his career and that the final plates were etched in Nancy around 1622.

Entrance of M. de Brionne [The Combat at the Barrier]

• Etching, 1627 [inv.1972.01.182R580b]
• [15 x 24] (L580)
• Inscribed, lower left: Callot fec.