The Fan, etching and engraving

Jacques Callot, The Fan (1619). Etching and engraving. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray, by exchange, S3.69.1. Photo: Imaging Department © President and Fellows of Harvard College.

Battle between King Weaver and King Dyer, depicted in part, on the Arno River in Florence on July 25, 1619

From The Director's Prism: E. T. A. Hoffmann and the Russian Theatrical Avant-Garde by Dassia N. Posner

Etching foreground: silhouetted figures sit on an ornately carved frame and peer into the world it encloses, recalling the audience-within-an-audience in a play-within-a-play. One gazes through a telescope, while another waves a fan, referring back from within the image to the real fans on which Callot’s etching appeared. Etching background: a massive mock battle on Italy’s Arno River, attended by hundreds of onlookers. See book: p. 23, 24, 61; figure 6
Creator(s)	Callot, Jacques
Creator Role	artist
Subjects	Performing Arts
Date	1619
Related Section	Introduction: Hoffmann’s Prism Chapter 1: Meyerhold-Dapertutto: Framing the Grotesque
Keywords	Callot framing devices plural perspective
Content Type	engraving etching
Language	Italian
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Rightsholder	Photo: Imaging Department © President and Fellows of Harvard College
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