Juxtapositions VII

He is a jester.

Juxtaposition of an engraving of Pulchinella and a masked Plague Doctor.
Left: Deschars as Pulchinella in the Divertissement of Villeneuve Saint-Georges, by J. Mariette (publ.), Jean Bérain (artist), 18th century, V&A, London. Right: Der Doctor Schnabel von Rom, by Paulus Fürst (1656), British Museum, London. 

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