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| Pulliciniello (Pulcinella) Jacques Callot, 1622 The Victoria & Albert Museum |
Despite the rather queer spelling of the inscription, Pulliciniello (which can be forgiven since words foreign to Britain were usually spelled phonetically in the Seventeenth Century), we know this print depicts the Commedia dell’Arte character Pulcinella—the forebear of our Mr. Punch.
The print, published in 1622, is based on an original drawing by Jacques Callot (1592-1635).
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