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Frieze of Children Dancing to a Bag-pipe

mid-1500s

Giorgio Reverdino

(Italian, active c. 1531–1564/70)
Culture
Italy, worked in France, 16th century
Medium
engraving
Measurements
Platemark: 10.5 x 31.2 cm (4 1/8 x 12 5/16 in.); Sheet: 12.7 x 33.3 cm (5 x 13 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr. 1928.771
Catalogue raisonné
Inv. du fonds fr.16siecle Vol.II.83.35 ; Bartsch XV.485.38 ; Pass. VI.113.37
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Georges Reverdy (French, active 1529-1561) Frieze of Children Dancing to a Bagpipe, 1570 Engraving Gift of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. 1928.771
A horizontally oriented black ink print depicts nine nude children with pudgy bodies, short, wavy hair, and light skin tones amidst stone ruins. Shading is rendered through precise cross-hatching. On the left, one child sits atop another crawling on hands and knees. Six children dance across the center toward the right with limbs extended. On the far right, a child stands on a block marked with I, playing bagpipes. Inscriptions line the bottom.

Frieze of Children Dancing to a Bag-pipe

mid-1500s

Giorgio Reverdino

(Italian, active c. 1531–1564/70)
Italy, worked in France, 16th century

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