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First intermezzo: the giant Typhon under Mount Ischia
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First intermezzo: the giant Typhon under Mount Ischia

Jacques Callot · 1617 · etching; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

View of the Sala delle Commedie in the Uffizi, as if the viewer is looking from a large window or a gallery with drawn curtains. Many well-dressed spectators sit on tribunes along the walls of the hall and stand in a semicircle on the floor, around some dancers in the middle. In the background a raised stage on which a large rock among many trees can be seen. Above the image the coat of arms of Florence. Below the image several lines of Italian text. This print is part of a series of three depictions of intermezzi in the play 'La Liberazione di Tirenno, e d'Arnea' by Andrea Salvadori, as performed during the carnival festivities in Florence in 1616.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineEerste intermezzo: de reus Typheus (Typhon) onder de berg Ischia. 1617. Jacques Callot. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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