Coins [plate 2]

c. 1629/1630

Jacques Callot

Associated Names
Jacques Callot

Artist, French, 1592 - 1635

The image shows arranged rows of elaborate coin engravings featuring intricate designs, portraits, and heraldic elements. Each coin displays detailed and varied imagery, including crests, crowned eagles, lions, and busts of figures, each contained within circular borders. These motifs are representative of historical coinage and display diverse elements of heraldry, iconography, and inscriptions. The overall composition highlights the artistic precision and historical significance of currency design in earlier periods.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 29.7 × 22 cm (11 11/16 × 8 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.5.390

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lieure, no. 711-720

  • Series Title

    The Coins [Lieure 701-806]

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

Q65075925

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