Paul Scarron (c.1610- 1660) was a colourful figure in the social and literary circles of Paris. He wrote comic dramas, verses, and a novel, some of them attacking public figures, to his own detriment. Some ten years or eleven before this collection was published he suffered an illness, possibly polio, that caused him to become crippled. He shows himself here with his back to the viewer, surrounded by the mocking figures of nine grotesque women who would appear to be burlesques on the nine muses.
DELLA BELLA, Stefano (1610–1664)
Frontispiece for Les Œuvres de Scarron
- Medium
- Etching, 1649
- Catalogue reference
- De Vesme/Massar 951, third state of three with letters
- Condition
- A good impression with small margins. Apart from light creases in three corners and old hinges on the verso in very good condition.
- Size
- 210 × 158mm
- Additional notes
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Paul Scarron (c.1610- 1660) was a colourful figure in the social and literary circles of Paris. He wrote comic dramas, verses, and a novel, some of them attacking public figures, to his own detriment. Some ten years or eleven before this collection was published he suffered an illness, possibly polio, that caused him to become crippled. He shows himself here with his back to the viewer, surrounded by the mocking figures of nine grotesque women who would appear to be burlesques on the nine muses.
- Price
- $750 USD