Title Page for "The Life of the Virgin in Emblems"

1628

Jacques Callot

Associated Names
Jacques Callot

Artist, French, 1592 - 1635

This is a drawing of an ornate title page with decorative elements. The main content centers around a large oval shape bordered by beads, within which text in Latin reads, "VITA BEATAE MARIAE VIR: MATRIS DEI EMBLEMATIB.' DELINEATA." The text is flanked by several small, circular illustrations depicting various scenes: a fortified structure, a ship at sea, a flaming urn, and a tower. The border features intricate scrollwork, and at the top is a small depiction of a figure. The bottom of the drawing bears the signature "Callot fec."

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 6 × 8.4 cm (2 3/8 × 3 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.5.438

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lieure, no. 626, State i/ii

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

Q65076186

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