Fabio Costumed as a Doctor

Claude Gillot

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Fabio, from the Italian Comedy, dressed as a doctor, in an outfit made up of matching doublet and breeches, a belt tied around the waist, stockings and high heeled shoes with bows. Around the neck, under the doublet, the round, ruffled collar of his chemise is seen; the cuffs of the shirt also peek out from the sleeves of the doublet. The face is half-covered with a black mask, the hands are gloved, and a beret adorns the head.

Drawings and Prints

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Department’s vast collection of works on paper comprises approximately 21,000 drawings, 1.2 million prints, and 12,000 illustrated books created in Europe and the Americas from about 1400 to the present day. Since its foundation in 1916, the Department has been committed to collecting a wide range of works on paper, which includes both pieces that are incredibly rare and lauded for their aesthetic appeal, as well as material that is more popular, functional, and ephemeral. The broad scope of the department’s collecting encourages questions of connoisseurship as well as those pertaining to function and context, and demonstrates the vital role that prints, drawings, and illustrated books have played throughout history.

Metropolitan Museum of Art