The Nailing to the Cross

c. 1618

Jacques Callot

Artist, French, 1592 - 1635

Jacques Callot

Attributed to

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    R.L. Baumfeld Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 11.3 × 21.8 cm (4 7/16 × 8 9/16 in.)
    sheet (irreg.): 15.5 × 25.7 cm (6 1/8 × 10 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1969.15.54

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lieure, no. 287, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1963

  • Jacques Callot: a selection of prints from the collections of Rudolf L. Baumfeld and Lessing J. Rosenwald, NGA, 1963, no. 15g.

1975

  • Jacques Callot: Prints and Related Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1975, no. 169, repro.

Bibliography

1860

  • Meaume 18.

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.

1975

  • Russell 1975, 169.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: Callot In.; lower center in plate:Heu! quod certamen! quoe palmae! quiue triumphi! / et tamen hic mortem, Tartarag ima domat (Oh!what battle, what victory! wh

Wikidata ID

Q65509050

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