Peasant Couple with Cow

c. 1621

Jacques Callot

Associated Names
Jacques Callot

Artist, French, 1592 - 1635

The image shows a pastoral scene with a cow and a figure holding a staff beside trees. The drawing captures a rural setting with fine lines and detail. A cow stands in the foreground next to a figure leaning on a staff. The background includes more livestock and a distant landscape. The style is traditional and emphasizes rustic life typical of rural pastoral art.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 9 × 9.1 cm (3 9/16 × 3 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.5.247

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lieure, no. 405, State iii/iii

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

Q65075069

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