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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M26237
People
Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, Italian (Bologna 1634 - 1718)
Title
The Courtier in the Courtyard
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Il Cortigiano in Corte
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1691
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/55052

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 43 x 29.1 cm (16 15/16 x 11 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: G. M. Mitelli
  • inscription: below and within the image, printer's ink, etching, in artist's hand: Title and extensive legend:
    Il cortigiano in corte
    La maggior pazzia d'un huomo, e il servire in corte, mentre si puol far servire a casa sua.
    Al nascer pznin e wler farla da grand, l'e un ds'prpuos al mazor, ch l'hom possa far, chan s biassa al fum senza l'arost, e quand I cunt s fan senza l'host, al bso arduppiar,l'e mii sotta a un Granar andar scamand che int una Cort aldcsuert ulerla squarchiar, Ch ai piou l Dsgrazi, es i e qula Balla in fatt, Ch fa dir d'bie quattr, quand il arversa i Matt.
  • inscription: yes, within the design, above the long inscription, printer's ink, etching, signed, in artist's hand: signature and date: G. M.Mitelli 1691

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Bert. 507

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Acquisition Fund for Prints
Accession Year
2004
Object Number
M26237
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Broadside.

Verification Level

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