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Jacques Callot, artist
French, 1592 - 1635
St.Christine, Virgin and Martyr, July 24; Sts.James, Apostle, and Christopher, Martyr, July 25; St. Anna, Mother of the Virgin, July 26; Seven Sleeping Saints, July 27; sixty-third plate from the book, Les IMAGES DE TOUS/LES SAINCTS ET SAINTES /DE L*ANN…E... (Images of All the Saints of the Year...)(Paris: Chez IsraÎl Henriet, 1636), 1636
Etching and engraving, four images on one plate
20.8 x 12.2 cm (image)
Gift of Dr. Ludwig A. Emge~ 1971.17.681.65

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publisher, Israel Henriet

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Artist Biography: Engraver. Callot was one of the earliest great creative artists to practice the graphic arts exclusively. His career can be divided into two periods: an Italian period, c. 1609-1621, and a Lorraine period from 1621 until his death. Callot studied the technique of engraving under Phillipe Thomasin in Rome. About 1612 he joined Guilio Parigi in Florence. At that time Medici patronage expended itself almost exclusively on "feste," and both Parigi and Callot were employed by Cosimo II (de Medici) to create visual records of these entertainments. Callots compositions are organized as if they were a stage setting and reduced the figures to a tiny scale, each one being rendered by the fewest possible strokes. This required an extremely fine etching technique. Callot enjoyed a lasting popularity all over Europe. He returned to Nancy after Cosimo*s death in 1621. During the Lorraine period Callot illustrated sacred books, made a series of plates of the Apostles, and visited Paris to make animated maps of the sieges of La Rochelle and the Ile de RÈ. ~~Callot was one of the first etchers to used the technique of repeated biting, and sometimes combined graver work with etching. ~~Reference: Lieure, J. Jacques Callot, Catalogue de l'oeuvre grave (Paris: Editions de la Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 1924 (5 vols.)~Meaume, E. Recherches sur la vie et les ouvrages de Jacques Callot (1852-1859)~

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1636 Henriet Israël Chez YearParis All L*ANNÉE SAINTES ET SAINCTS TOUS DE Les book from third sixty 27 Saints Sleeping Seven 26 the of Mother Anna St 25 StsJames 24 July Martyr and Virgin StChristine Emge Ludwig Dr Gift Europe France Print Religious plate one images four engraving Etching LR cliff asleep men LL front girl small chair seated UR shoulder his child Christopher apostle robed staffs siants stwo UL her arrow aiming bowman tree tied woman Jacques Callot French Israel Henriet 5074163106560003 A100117 1971.17.681.65 AFGA