The Naval Battle

probably c. 1630

Jacques Callot

Associated Names
Jacques Callot

Artist, French, 1592 - 1635

The image shows a coastal scene with an elevated viewpoint. The horizon is in the center where the sea meets land and sky. There are detailed etched lines depicting swirling clouds and rocky formations creating movement and texture. The color palette is black ink on a cream background. Boats are in the water, some with sails, others rowboats. More ships are further out at sea. Large rock formations with possible fortifications or ruins are on the right. A small group of people is by the water. The scene conveys motion in the sea and sky against the solidity of the rocky structures.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    R.L. Baumfeld Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 11.8 × 25.1 cm (4 5/8 × 9 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 12 × 25.5 cm (4 3/4 × 10 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1969.15.45

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lieure, no. 277, State ii/ii

  • Series Title

    Various Italian Landscapes [Lieure 268-277]

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1975

  • Jacques Callot: Prints and Related Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1975, no. 241, repro.

1988

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., June 1988.

Bibliography

1860

  • Meaume 1196.

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, 241.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: Callot in. f. Israel ex. cum privil. Regis

Wikidata ID

Q65509041

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