Pasquariello Truonno and Meo Squaquara

c. 1622

Jacques Callot

Associated Names
Jacques Callot

Artist, French, 1592 - 1635

This is a drawing of two fantastical figures with exaggerated features. The figures are depicted with elongated limbs and elaborate costumes adorned with buttons and flowing scarves, and each holds a sword. Their faces have exaggerated features such as long noses and protruding eyes. In the background, there is a scene with smaller figures possibly engaged in some form of festivity or display, with architecture and trees as part of the landscape. The image is characterized by its use of fine lines and shading to create the figures and background scenery.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 7 × 9.3 cm (2 3/4 × 3 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 10.1 × 12.9 cm (4 × 5 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1946.21.218

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lieure, no. 398

Artwork history & notes

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

Q65074029

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