The Italian Grimacier or pantomime artist
Italian street pantomime artist in grotesque wig, playing a bizarre one-string violin with balloon. This young Italian man with black eyes excels at terrible grimaces. His genre is the melodrama of the grimace. Handcoloured engraving by Gatine from Pierre de la Mesangere's Le Bon Genre, Paris, 1817. Italian street pantomime artist in grotesque wig, playing a bizarre one-string violin with balloon. This young Italian man with black eyes excels at terrible grimaces. His genre is the melodrama of the grimace. Handcoloured engraving by Gatine from Pierre de la Mesangere's Le Bon Genre, Paris, 1817
Picture No
12491262
Media ID
45917428
Size
5610px x 7082px
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Credit
©Florilegius/Mary Evans
Source
Florilegius Collection





























