Duel opposing two gentlemen armed with sword
| Reference: | S47141 |
| Author | Jacques CALLOT |
| Year: | 1621 |
| Measures: | 80 x 55 mm |
€180.00
| Reference: | S47141 |
| Author | Jacques CALLOT |
| Year: | 1621 |
| Measures: | 80 x 55 mm |
€180.00
Description
Duel opposing two gentlemen armed with swords; the man on the right has parried his enemy's blow and has run him through with his sword.
Etching, 1621, without signature.
From the “Capricci di varie figure di Iacopo Callot” - The Nancy set. First state before number.
Capricci di varie figure di Iacopo Callot” is a series of fifty plates (including a title and a dedication), engraved by Callot during his stay in Florence c.1617. Because it was engraved on relatively soft copper plates, details were rapidly lost and the set gave few good impressions.
Callot engraved a second 'Capricci' series when he came back to Nancy (1621). Good impressions of this set are less rare than for the first one as it was printed for longer. Meaume and Lieure, following Mariette say that the second set is of lesser quality than the one executed in Florence. However, the two series are almost identical (with the exception of two plates of the second set which are copies in reverse of plates from the first one), and many sets today actually mix plates from both series. The most obvious difference is that the plates from the Nancy series were numbered in the second state. The smaller differences are described in detail by Lieure & Meaume.
A very good impression on contemporary laid paper, with thin margins, good conditions.
Bibliografia
Lieure 1927, Jacques Callot (454.I); Meaume 1860, Recherches sur la vie et les ouvrages de Jacques Callot (819.I); 'Jacques Callot' (Nancy 1992), nn.1996-226.
Jacques CALLOT (Nancy 1592 - 1635)
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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.
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Jacques CALLOT (Nancy 1592 - 1635)
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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.
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