The Card Players

c. 1628

Jacques Callot

Associated Names
Jacques Callot

Artist, French, 1592 - 1635

This is a drawing featuring several figures in elaborate period attire gathered around a table. The figures are engaged in an activity, with various objects on the table. A candle illuminates the scene, and Latin text is inscribed around the edge of the oval image. The dark background enhances the central vignette.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark [irreg.]): 21.5 × 27.7 cm (8 7/16 × 10 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.5.96

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lieure, no. 596

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1962

  • Installation during Fine Art Festival, American River College, Sacramento, CA, 1962, no cat.

1966

  • Masters of Etching and Engraving from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, Lakeview Center for the Arts and Sciences, Peoria, IL, 1966, no. 71.

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

Q65074189

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