[Harlequin on a ladder].

Description

Title: [Harlequin on a ladder].
Contributor: Dusart, Cornelis, 1660-1704, artist.
Published / Created: [not before 1680]
Publication Place: London or Amsterdam?
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: Harlequin, wearing a costume decorated with tools and animals of the conjuring trade, balances on a ladder facing right. The laughing audience is seen beyond the edge of a wooden stage in front of a sheet screening the scene, suggesting a street performance
Description: Title devised by cataloger.
Place and date of publication suggested in dealer's description.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark with probable loss of text below image.
Seemingly a reversed copy of a Dutch print by Cornelis Dusart between 1680 and 1704; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: Sheepshanks.3796.
Possibly a reverse copy produced in England?
Another, larger copy was made by Pieter Schenck (1660-1711).
Provenance: Bogislav Winner; November 2025.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 23.1 x 17.6 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: No linguistic content