The Condemnation to Death

c. 1618

Jacques Callot

Associated Names
Jacques Callot

Artist, French, 1592 - 1635

This is a drawing of a scene in an ancient architectural setting. It depicts a gathering inside a grand hall or courtyard with columns and a dome overhead. In the center, a person is seated on a raised platform with outstretched arms. Surrounding this central figure are various individuals dressed in robes or armor, some engaged in discussion or observation. Armed figures with flags stand in the foreground and sides. The architecture includes arches and an ornate ceiling with intricate linework. Latin text is inscribed beneath the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    R.L. Baumfeld Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 11.3 × 21.8 cm (4 7/16 × 8 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 15.4 × 25.8 cm (6 1/16 × 10 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1969.15.50

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lieure, no. 283, State i/ii

  • Series Title

    The Large Passion [Lieure 281-287]

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. 15c.

1975

  • Jacques Callot: Prints and Related Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1975, no. 165, repro.

Bibliography

1860

  • Meaume 14.

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, 165.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Callor fec.; lower center in plate: Non lauat ille manus, sed Christi sanguine foedat, / Nulla potest tantum lympha lauare scelus (He is not washing his hands

Wikidata ID

Q65509046

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