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Artist
- Name:
- Sand, Maurice
- Dates:
- 1823-1889
- Country:
- France
Illustration
- Subject:
- People
- Technique:
- Metal engraving
- Engraver:
- Manceau, Alexandre
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- Robarts Library, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Masques et bouffons
- Author(s):
- Sand, Maurice
- Publisher:
- Paris: A. Lévy Fils, 1862
- Open Library:
- View record.
Description
Polichinelle is the French variant of Pulcinella, the character of the commedia dell’arte from which Punch is derived. He is seen here wearing a bicorn and holding a stick, with his two humps protruding behind his back and from his belly.
Keywords: 1860s, 19th century, male, theater