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Claude Gillot|François Joullain

Plate 46: Habit de Folie: a woman in a ballet pose, wearing a bonnet and holding a marotte in her right hand, from 'New designs for costumes' (Nouveaux desseins d'habillements à l'usage des balets operas et comedies)

ca. 1721
Etching
15 × 8.6 cm (5.9 × 3.4 in)

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