Aquatint etching based on Franca Trippa and Fritellino

From The Director's Prism: E. T. A. Hoffmann and the Russian Theatrical Avant-Garde by Dassia N. Posner

This was plate 4 (in chapter 4, opp. p. 133) in the first edition of E. T. A. Hoffmann’s Princess Brambilla: A Capriccio after Jacques Callot (1821). Two male figures in half masks face each other, one holding a wooden sword and cape, right, the other playing a guitar, left. It is a mirror image of Callot’s Franca Trippa and Fritellino, but with the background plane entirely removed. See book: p. 25; figure 7
Creator(s)	Thiele, Carl Friedrich
Creator Role	artist
Contributor(s)	Callot, Jacques (artist)
Subjects	Performing Arts
Date	1820
Related Section	Introduction: Hoffmann’s Prism
Keywords	Callot balli commedia dell’arte grotesque Brambilla masks capriccio
Content Type	aquatint etching
Language	German
Citable Link	Citable Link

Rightsholder	Staatsbibliothek Bamberg
Copyright Status	in-copyright
Rights Granted	non-exclusive, one-time, world rights in all languages
Credit Line	Staatsbibliothek Bamberg, Sel.235a. Photo: Gerald Raab
Holding Contact	Unauthorized use of this image is strictly prohibited without the prior written permission of the object and/or copyright holder. Staatsbibliothek Bamberg website: https://www.staatsbibliothek-bamberg.de

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Carl Friedrich Thiele, aquatint etching in sepia (Berlin, September 1820), after Jacques Callot’s Franca Trippa and Fritellino, from Balli di Sfessania (c. 1621). Staatsbibliothek Bamberg, Sel.235a. Photo: Gerald Raab.

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