Second Intermezzo

1617

Jacques Callot

Associated Names
Jacques Callot

Artist, French, 1592 - 1635

This is a drawing of an architectural scene. The image features tall ruins with columns and arches. Small mythical creatures are scattered around a central figure. There are towers with decorative elements in the background. Figures are scaling the structures. The style is creative and whimsical.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    R.L. Baumfeld Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 20.4 × 28.9 cm (8 1/16 × 11 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1969.15.30

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lieure, no. 186, State only

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. 8.

1975

  • Jacques Callot: Prints and Related Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1975, no. 60, repro.

Bibliography

1860

  • Meaume 631.

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, 60.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: Iullius Parigii Inv: Iac: Callot delineavit. F; across bottom in plate: SECONDO INTERMEDIO DOVE SI VIDE ARMARSI L'INFERNO PER FAR VENDETTA DI CIRCE CONTRO TIRR

Wikidata ID

Q65509029

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