Killing the Fatted Calf

1635

Jacques Callot

Artist, French, 1592 - 1635

Israel Henriet

Publisher, French, c. 1590 - 1661

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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 × 8.7 cm (2 5/8 × 3 7/16 in.)
    mount: 10.2 × 13 cm (4 × 5 1/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1969.15.838

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lieure, no. 1412, State ii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2022

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

  • 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.

Inscriptions

in margin below image, in plate: La Père à ce retour fait tuer le Uieau gras, / N'espargnant pour son fils ny ses soings ny ses bras. / Cum privilege Reg. Israel excu.

Wikidata ID

Q65509743

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