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Source Description
This image was published by Callot in 1621 as part of a series of 21 prints depicting <em>gobbi </em>(people with curved backs). The series was titled <em>Varie figure gobbi di Jacopo Callot fatto in Firenza l'anno 1616 </em>(Various hunchbacks by Jacopo Callot, made in Florence in 1616). The figures in the series are reminiscent of character tropes that were popular in the theatrical genre known as the commedia dell’arte (comedy of the profession). As the name suggests, the comedy of this genre was predicated on the assumption that the viewer occupied a different social class than the characters depicted. This figure's distorted physique and drunken dance would have suggested to contemporary audiences that he is inherently flawed in both body and mind.
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Document identity
localId
145033
label
Drinker Seen From Behind
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obj
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print
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1
Source metadata
id
145033
contentType
print
title
Drinker Seen From Behind
description
This image was published by Callot in 1621 as part of a series of 21 prints depicting <em>gobbi </em>(people with curved backs). The series was titled <em>Varie figure gobbi di Jacopo Callot fatto in Firenza l'anno 1616 </em>(Various hunchbacks by Jacopo Callot, made in Florence in 1616). The figures in the series are reminiscent of character tropes that were popular in the theatrical genre known as the commedia dell’arte (comedy of the profession). As the name suggests, the comedy of this genre was predicated on the assumption that the viewer occupied a different social class than the characters depicted. This figure's distorted physique and drunken dance would have suggested to contemporary audiences that he is inherently flawed in both body and mind.
date
c. 1621–25
citation
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79922813
creators
4704
genreSpecific
Print
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Platemark: 6.3 x 8.5 cm (2 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.); Sheet: 6.6 x 8.9 cm (2 5/8 x 3 1/2 in.)
cul
France, 17th century
accession
1970.22
Source extras
tec
etching
tombstone
Drinker Seen From Behind, c. 1621–25. Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635). Etching; platemark: 6.3 x 8.5 cm (2 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.); sheet: 6.6 x 8.9 cm (2 5/8 x 3 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. S. Fred Rosenthal for the fiftieth anniversary of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1970.22
collection
PR - Etching
stateOfTheWork
I/III
didYouKnow
This figure is raising his cup in one hand and holding a bottle with the other. Both the bulbous shape of the bottle and its basketlike encasement suggest that it is made of glass, which was newly introduced for the storage of wine in the 1600s.
catalogueRaisonne
Lieure (2) II.37.412
creditline
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. S. Fred Rosenthal for the fiftieth anniversary of The Print Club of Cleveland
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2026-05-29 07:27:12.972000
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145033
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Prints
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PR - Etching
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etching
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male
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Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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