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Numbered "5e" within the plate at lower right.
One of a series of six prints after drawings made by Claude Gillot between ca. 1700-1705; the plates etched, according to Populus, by Comte de Caylus and engraved by Joullain, and depicting figures from the commedia dell'arte; published in 1734 or possibly earlier, and known under the title "Les comédiens Italiens." Cf. Populus.
Forms part of a collection of 586 etchings by and after Claude Gillot, mounted into a bound album by a former owner, with letterpress title page reading "Oeuvres de Gillot." (see PML 198162).
Library's copy trimmed to platemark.
Print shows the figure of Harlequin, standing full-length, in a landscape, facing forward, with a slapstick in his belt, wiping his eye with his thumb.