Salamander Surrounded by Flames

1628

Jacques Callot

Associated Names
Jacques Callot

Artist, French, 1592 - 1635

This drawing features a fantastical creature in a stylized landscape. The creature has attributes of a large feline with claws, a long tail, and a dog-like face. The landscape includes a windswept tree on the left and a small structure on the right. Lines surrounding the creature suggest movement or energy. The style of the drawing is simplistic, focusing on line work to depict the creature and its environment.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 6.3 × 8.4 cm (2 1/2 × 3 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.5.439

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lieure, no. 627, 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

Q65076189

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