Pasquariello Truonno and Meo Squaquara

after Jacques Callot

National Gallery of Art

This is a print of two people wearing elaborate costumes in an open space. The people appear to be adorned in theatrical attire, including masks that give them exaggerated facial features such as long noses and deep-set eyes. The two people are positioned facing each other in dynamic poses, as if frozen in an act of performance or storytelling. Their clothing features elements that flow off their shoulders and arms, decorative buttons down their torsos, and ribbons around their hips. In the background, there are groups of smaller people engaged in various activities, including some who appear to be dancing. On the left is a small tree and the faint outline of a building, and in the center there is the small outline of a church tower. The sky above the scene is blank, and below the central people there are the words “Pasquariello Truonno Meo Squaquara.” The print is in dark lines on off-white paper.