The Massacre of the Innocents, Second Plate, 1622

Not on View

Medium

etching on vellum [proof]

Dimensions

plate: 13.5 x 10.8 cm (5 5/16 x 4 1/4 in.)

sheet: 17.4 x 14.1 cm (6 7/8 x 5 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Lieure, no. 427, State ii/ii

Accession Number

2002.4.1

Artists / Makers

Jacques Callot (artist) French, 1592 - 1635

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in plate: Jac. Callot fe.; by later hand, upper left verso in graphite: M6 L424; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: 427; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: Calot / M.6.II.

Provenance

(Paul McCarron, New York); purchased 2001 by NGA.

Associated Names

McCarron, Paul

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.