The Hangman

1619

Jacques Callot after Donato Mascagni

Associated Names
Jacques Callot

Artist, French, 1592 - 1635

Donato Mascagni

Artist After, Italian, 1579 - 1636

This is a drawing of an execution scene with a kneeling figure on a raised wooden platform. An axe-wielding individual stands nearby. Surrounding them are helmeted figures with polearms, along with additional spectators. In the background, there are tents and hills with a distant settlement.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    R.L. Baumfeld Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 13.2 × 8.6 cm (5 3/16 × 3 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1969.15.302

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lieure, no. 83

  • Series Title

    Miracles of Our Lady of the Annunciation, Florence

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

Q65509813

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