The Annunciation

Reference: S38242
Author Jacques CALLOT
Year: 1633
Measures: 45 x 70 mm
€150.00

Reference: S38242
Author Jacques CALLOT
Year: 1633
Measures: 45 x 70 mm
€150.00

Description

Etching, 1633, lettered in lower margin “Magi adorant Iesum” and signatures “Callot fecit” e “Israel excud”, numbered “4”.

Example in the third state, of three, trimmed close to platemark, in very good condition.

From the series The Life of the Virgin, consisting of 13 plates, published by Israël Henriet.

 

 

Bibliografia: Lieure, 1361, II/III.

Jacques CALLOT (Nancy 1592 - 1635)

He was a baroque graphics artist, draftsman and printmaker from the Duchy of Lorraine (an independant state on the North-Eastern border with France). He made etchings that chronicled the people and the life of his period (soldiers, clowns, drunkards, wanderers, beggars, and various outcasts). These images of people are often contrasted by spectacular landscapes (see, for instance, "The Temptation of St. Anthony"). His skill in shading and his use of different tones were remarkable for the period and he is often compared to Albrecht Dürer.

Jacques CALLOT (Nancy 1592 - 1635)

He was a baroque graphics artist, draftsman and printmaker from the Duchy of Lorraine (an independant state on the North-Eastern border with France). He made etchings that chronicled the people and the life of his period (soldiers, clowns, drunkards, wanderers, beggars, and various outcasts). These images of people are often contrasted by spectacular landscapes (see, for instance, "The Temptation of St. Anthony"). His skill in shading and his use of different tones were remarkable for the period and he is often compared to Albrecht Dürer.