Friday, February 7, 2014

Print of the Day: Le Ieu Mestier Devine, early Nineteenth Century



Crown Copyright
The Royal Collection
Image Courtesy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II






Another treasure from the Royal Collection, this engraving, entitled "
Le Ieu Mestier Devine," is the work of Nicholas de Larmessin and was published at the Rue St Jacques à la Pomme d'Or, near St Severin, Paris (publisher) in the early Nineteenth Century.

The piece depicts at Commedia dell'Arte play in which three men fall out from under a cloth which is being held by Arlequin and Scaramouche. The doctor, a stock commedia character, on left, watches with amazement. Below the scene, French verses explain what's happening.



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