Frontispiece for "The Prodigal Son"

1635

Jacques Callot

Artist, French, 1592 - 1635

Israel Henriet

Publisher, French, c. 1590 - 1661

Jacques Callot

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    R.L. Baumfeld Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 6.2 × 8.1 cm (2 7/16 × 3 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 6.7 × 8.6 cm (2 5/8 × 3 3/8 in.)
    mount: 8.1 × 10.6 cm (3 3/16 × 4 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1969.15.830

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lieure, no. 1404, State ii/ii

  • Series Title

    The Prodigal Son [Lieure 1404-1414]

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2022

  • Murillo: Picturing the Prodigal Son, Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, 2022, cat. 12, repro.

  • Murillo: Picturing the Prodigal Son, Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, 2022, unnumbered catalogue.

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.

2022

  • Dotseth, Amanda W., and Roglán, Mark A., editors.Murillo, Picturing the Prodigal Son. Exh. cat. Meadows Museum, Dallas, 2022: 127, cat. 12.

Inscriptions

center, in plate: LA VIE DE L'EN- / FANT PRODIGUE / Faite par noble J. CALLOT, / Et mise en lumiere Par / Israel son amy. / DEDIEE / A Monseigneur ARMAND / de MAILLE, Marquis de BREZE, Maistre de Camp / d'un Regiment. / 1635; bottom, in plate: Cum privilege Reg. Israel cudit

Wikidata ID

Q65509735

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