Title page to a tract entitled "opera van andromache te milaanen", no. 24 in the series entitled "esopus in europa"; in the centre, an etching showing scarronie, described in the text as the rejected god-daughter of madame de maintenon who has become a courtesan at the opera, telling her story to a portly gentleman called "court feather"; behind them stand, to left, "spadalonga", a man in old-fashioned dress with a ruff and tall hat, and to right, the capering "lazaril" who draw attention to the action on the stage where andromache and her child fall from a chariot, together with the sun and a fulmen and two men; the backcloth represents the city of milan. 1702
etching with letterpress printed in black ink. Date: 1702. Dimensions: Height: 95 mm (image plate); Height: 188 mm (sheet); Width: 130 mm (image plate); Width: 146 mm (sheet). Medium: paper. Depicted People: Aesop. Collection: British Museum. Opera van Andromache te Milaanen (The Opera of Andromache at Milan) (BM 1854,0513.522.24)
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