Saint Paul

17th century

after Jacques Callot

Associated Names
French 17th Century

Artist

Jacques Callot

Artist After, French, 1592 - 1635

The image shows a bearded man standing on rocky ground holding a sword upright in his right hand with a book in his left hand. He has a halo around his head and is dressed in long robes with bare feet. The background includes a leafless tree on the left, a building with a spire on the right, and a few indistinct figures, with sparse cloud formations in the sky.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    R.L. Baumfeld Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 8.6 × 6 cm (3 3/8 × 2 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 11 × 8.2 cm (4 5/16 × 3 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1969.15.904

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meaume 1860, no. 1419, State (as Nicolas De Son)

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1860

  • Meaume, Edouard. Recherches sur la vie et les ouvrages de Jacques Callot. 2 vols. Paris: Vve Jules Renouard, 1860.

Wikidata ID

Q65507194

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