Façade of San Lorenzo, Florence

1612

Jacques Callot

Associated Names
Jacques Callot

Artist, French, 1592 - 1635

Giulio Parigi

Artist After, Italian

This is a drawing of an architectural facade adorned with mythical elements. The drawing features a highly detailed architectural structure with multiple levels, decorated with various ornamental elements such as columns, draperies, and statues. The facade includes figures resembling skeletons in dynamic poses across the tiers. There are elaborately carved pillars and arches, and the upper tier features a scene under a draped canopy showing a central figure seated, surrounded by additional skeletal figures. Each level of the structure is symmetrically designed with decorative motifs, typical of baroque architectural facades with artistic motifs.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    R.L. Baumfeld Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet ([irreg.] trimmed to plate mark): 19 × 24.2 cm (7 1/2 × 9 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1969.15.281

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lieure, no. 53, State only


Artwork history & notes

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

Q65509168

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