The Hunchback with a Cane

c. 1622

Jacques Callot

Associated Names
Jacques Callot

Artist, French, 1592 - 1635

The image shows a person in profile view, walking with a bent posture and supporting themselves on a stick with their right hand. The person has a round face with large eyes, a small mouth, short hair under a large hat with a plume. They are wearing a loose garment that drapes over their shoulders and body, puffing out around their chest and back, giving them a hunchbacked appearance. The surroundings are minimal, with only the suggestion of a ground line beneath the person's feet and a plain backdrop.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    R.L. Baumfeld Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 6.3 × 8.9 cm (2 1/2 × 3 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 9.5 × 10.7 cm (3 3/4 × 4 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1969.15.429

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lieure, no. 409, State i/ii

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

Q65509301

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