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Franca Trippa and Fritellino

Jacques Callot

1622

ink

paper

From the collection of National Gallery of Art

Baroque Baroque Dancing

Dominant colour

Franca Trippa and Fritellino is a 1622 ink by Jacques Callot, a Baroque work, depicting Dancing, held at National Gallery of Art.

Who painted this?: Jacques Callot
When & what style?: 1622 · Baroque
Where can I see it?: National Gallery of Art

About this work

You see two people, Franca Trippa and Fritellino, in this etching. They are dressed in old clothes. The interesting thing about this work is that it shows a scene from everyday life, and the people in it seem to be from a lower social class, which was not typically depicted in art at that time. The artist used simple lines to create the characters. Check out the technique of etching to learn more about how this was made.