Beggar with Crutches and Cap

1622 or later

after Jacques Callot

Associated Names
French 17th Century

Artist

Jacques Callot

Artist After, French, 1592 - 1635

The image shows an elderly man supported by two walking sticks, leaning forward. He has a beard, wears a hat with an emblem, and has long unkempt hair. He is dressed in loose, tattered clothing with a cloak on his shoulders and worn footwear. The background is minimal.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 14 × 9.4 cm (5 1/2 × 3 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.5.309

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lieure, no. 482, State copy

  • Series Title

    The Beggars [set of 24 copies: 1949.5.307-330]

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1971

  • A Selection of 17th Century Intaglio Prints from the National Gallery of Art Rosenwald Collection, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, 1971-1972, no. 6, repro.

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

Q65070235

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