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Raymond Poisson, Comic Actor, as Crispin, after Caspar Netscher
This image is for study only, and may not accurately represent the object’s true color or scale…
This image is for study only, and may not accurately represent the object’s true color or scale. It should not be shared or reproduced without permission by the copyright holder.

Raymond Poisson, Comic Actor, as Crispin, after Caspar Netscher

Primary (Antwerp, Belgium, 1640–Paris, France, 1707)
NationalityFrench, Europe
Date1682
MediumEngraving
DimensionsSheet: 21 1/16 × 16 1/16 in. (53.5 × 40.8 cm)
Additional Dimension: 18 13/16 × 14 7/16 in. (47.8 × 36.7 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, The Leo Steinberg Collection, 2002.1911
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Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number2002.1911
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Raymond Poisson was the leading French comic actor of the late seventeenth century. Edelinck’s engraving of Poisson as the valet Crispin, his most famous and frequently reprised role, belongs to a tradition of painted and printed portraits of actors. With the scene’s pastoral staging and the actor’s knowing self-presentation, this composition prefigures the theatrical imagery of Watteau’s mature activity.
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