The Martyrdom of Saint Andrew

c. 1634/1635

Jacques Callot

Associated Names
Jacques Callot

Artist, French, 1592 - 1635

This is a drawing depicting a scene with a central figure on a large wooden structure, surrounded by soldiers and onlookers. The composition includes intricate line work detailing the setting, figures, and a figure in the heavens holding two crossed objects. The scene conveys movement and tension through various poses and actions of the figures.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 7.1 × 4 cm (2 13/16 × 1 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 10.3 × 7.4 cm (4 1/16 × 2 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.5.372

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lieure, no. 1389, State ii/iv

  • Series Title

    The Martyrdoms of the Apostles [Lieure 1386-1401]

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1955

  • The Drawing and the Print, Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC; and Lowe Gallery, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, 1955, no cat.

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

Q65075823

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