Violinist

c. 1617

Jacques Callot

Associated Names
Jacques Callot

Artist, French, 1592 - 1635

The image features two full-body sketches of a person playing a violin. The person is shown in profile view, facing left in the left sketch and right in the right sketch. They stand with legs slightly apart, holding the violin under their chin and holding a bow. The person's facial features are outlined, and they wear a hat with large plumes, short hair, a structured garment with puffed sleeves, a cinched waist, and a long coat or cape. They wear knee-length trousers with decorative bows at the knees. The footwear appears to be slippers. There is no background, only the texture of the paper.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 6 × 8.1 cm (2 3/8 × 3 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 7 × 9.4 cm (2 3/4 × 3 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.5.109

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lieure, no. 226, State only

  • Series Title

    Capricci (Florence series) [Lieure 214-263]

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1957

  • Jacques Callot, 1592-1635, Los Angeles County Museum, 1957, no. 33.

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

Q65074253

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