Pantalone

Reference: S45140
Author Jacques CALLOT
Year: 1618 ca.
Measures: 150 x 215 mm
Not Available

Reference: S45140
Author Jacques CALLOT
Year: 1618 ca.
Measures: 150 x 215 mm
Not Available

Description

Pantalone: standing man in profile to right, bowing, with hat, mask, and long coat; in the background, a crowd attending a theatre performance.

Etching with some engraving, circa 1618/20, lettered with production detail: 'Ia. Callot fe. firenza'.

From a series of three plates representing male figures from the commedia dell' arte.

They were engraved while Callot's stay in Florence, as proven by the inscription on the plate representing Pantalone ('Ia. Callot fe. firenza'). They may, as Lieure suggests, have been inspired by a performance given by the Compagnia di Commedianti di Zani in Florence, 15 November 1618.

Meaume dates the set from 1619, and Balduccini from 1620.

A very good impression of the first state of two, printed on contemporary laid paper, with thin margins on three sides and trimmed at the borderline at the bottom (missing the lower white part), a perfectly repaired area at the lower right corner, otherwise good condition.

Bibliografia

Lieure 1927 / Jacques Callot (288.I); Meaume 1860 / Recherches sur la vie et les ouvrages de Jacques Callot (627.I); 'Jacques Callot' (Nancy, 1992) No.126-136.

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.