Man Preparing to Draw his Sword

c. 1622

Jacques Callot

Artist, French, 1592 - 1635

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    R.L. Baumfeld Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 6.2 × 8.8 cm (2 7/16 × 3 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 9 × 10.4 cm (3 9/16 × 4 1/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1969.15.427

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lieure, no. 407, State only

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2018

  • Sense of Humor: Caricature, Satire, and the Comical in Prints and Drawings from Leonardo to the Present, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2018 - 2019.

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

Q65509299

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