Frontispiece for Callot's "The Penitents"

c. 1632

Abraham Bosse

Associated Names
Abraham Bosse

Artist, French, 1602 - 1676

This is a drawing of an ornate plaque with text. The central focus of the image is a plaque that bears the text "Les Penitents et Penitentes par Jacques Callot". The plaque is adorned with elaborately curved designs reminiscent of Baroque architecture, featuring a masked figure and two burning urns flanking the top. At the bottom of the plaque, the words "Avec Privilege du Roy" are inscribed, along with "Israel ex."

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    R.L. Baumfeld Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 6.9 × 4.3 cm (2 11/16 × 1 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 9.7 × 6.9 cm (3 13/16 × 2 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1969.15.245

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Le Blanc, undescribed

  • Series Title

    The Penitents

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1854

  • Le Blanc, Charles. _Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations, dans lequel sont decrites les estampes rares, precieuses et interessantes avec l'indication de leurs differents etats et des prix auxquels

1860

  • Meaume 147.

1924

  • Lieure, vol.7, p.66.

Wikidata ID

Q65506371

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