The Float of Love

1616

Jacques Callot

Associated Names
Jacques Callot

Artist, French, 1592 - 1635

This is a drawing of mythical figures amid clouds with a scroll of text. In the middle section are a group of winged figures holding bows and arrows, arranged in a scattered pattern. Below them are three figures who appear to be holding hands and appear to be in a dance. On the upper left is a scroll with Italian text set against the blank background. The clouds, figures, and scroll are rendered with intricate line work.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    R.L. Baumfeld Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 15 × 22.8 cm (5 7/8 × 9 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1969.15.27

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lieure, no. 181, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1963

  • Jacques Callot: a selection of prints from the collections of Rudolf L. Baumfeld and Lessing J. Rosenwald, NGA, 1963, no. 7d.

1975

  • Jacques Callot: Prints and Related Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1975, no. 57, repro.

Bibliography

1860

  • Meaume 639.

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, 57.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Iul: Parigi In: ICallot F.; upper right in plate: Carro d'Amore fatto in firenze nella festa / ... / a Cauallo. anno.1616.

Wikidata ID

Q65509026

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