Actor from Commedia dell'Arte, from the Habits de théatre et de ballets
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Claude Gillot
(Langres, France, 1673–Paris, France, 1722)
NationalityFrench, Europe
Date1695
MediumEtching
DimensionsSheet: 10 9/16 × 6 7/8 in. (26.9 × 17.4 cm)
Additional Dimension: 5 9/16 × 3 7/16 in. (14.1 × 8.7 cm)
Additional Dimension: 5 9/16 × 3 7/16 in. (14.1 × 8.7 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, The Leo Steinberg Collection, 2002.690
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Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number2002.690
On View
Not on viewGillot’s special interest was subjects drawn from the commedia dell’arte and the popular theater it inspired. This plate comes from a series of studies of actors and other performers in costume.
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