Beggar Eating

1622 or later

after Jacques Callot

Associated Names
French 17th Century

Artist

Jacques Callot

Artist After, French, 1592 - 1635

The image is a black-and-white line drawing of a person sitting down. The person is shown in a side profile, holding a staff and a small object. The individual has a beard, wears a cap, a long coat or cloak, trousers, and soft shoes. The background is plain.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 14.3 × 9.3 cm (5 5/8 × 3 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.5.329

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lieure, no. 502, State copy

  • Series Title

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

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

Q65070319

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