The Martyrs of Japan

c. 1627/1628

Jacques Callot

Associated Names
Jacques Callot

Artist, French, 1592 - 1635

This is a drawing of a scene depicting crucifixions. The image shows a series of robed figures displayed on crosses, with soldiers on horseback below and angelic beings in the sky above.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    R.L. Baumfeld Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 16.8 × 11.3 cm (6 5/8 × 4 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1969.15.105

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lieure, no. 594, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1975

  • Jacques Callot: Prints and Related Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1975, no. 154, repro.

Bibliography

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.

Wikidata ID

Q65509104

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