Peasant Defecating

c. 1622

Jacques Callot

Associated Names
Jacques Callot

Artist, French, 1592 - 1635

This is a drawing of a crouching figure near a tree with a goat grazing in the background. The image shows a cloaked and hooded figure squatting in the left foreground, their form defined by strong contour lines and subtle shading. The figure is nestled against a large, textured tree that extends out of the scene at the top edge. In the distance to the right, a goat with an exaggeratedly long coat bends down to graze on the ground. Sparse foliage and a single rope fence provide sparse environmental details. The use of fine line work gives the drawing a delicate and sketchy quality, emphasizing both figures and natural elements.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 6.3 × 8.1 cm (2 1/2 × 3 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.5.179

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lieure, no. 459, State i/ii


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1924

  • Lieure, J. Jacques Callot. 5 vols. Paris: Editions de la Gazette des Beaux Arts, 1924-1927. Reprint. 8 vols. New York: Collectors' Editions, 1969.

Wikidata ID

Q65074603

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