The Defeat of the Turkish Cavalry

c. 1614

Jacques Callot

Associated Names
Jacques Callot

Artist, French, 1592 - 1635

This is a drawing of a battle scene. The image shows a detailed depiction of a battle scene in a monochrome palette. The foreground features an armored figure on horseback, wielding a weapon. The horse is captured mid-motion, with fallen figures and horses around them. In the background, there is an ongoing clash between two armies, with soldiers on foot and on horseback, brandishing spears and shields. A cityscape or fortress is faintly visible in the distance, with smoke rising.

Media Options

This object’s media is free and in the public domain. Read our full Open Access policy for images.
Not on view See artworks now on view

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    R.L. Baumfeld Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 22 × 29.4 cm (8 11/16 × 11 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1969.15.18

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lieure, no. 154, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1975

  • Jacques Callot: Prints and Related Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1975, no. 174, repro.

Bibliography

1860

  • Meaume 541.

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.

1975

  • Russell 1975, 174 (second of three staes, first state unknown to Lieure).

Wikidata ID

Q65509017

You may be interested in

Loading Results