Peasant Couple with Cow

c. 1621

Jacques Callot

Associated Names
Jacques Callot

Artist, French, 1592 - 1635

The image has an elevated perspective showing two figures with animals in the scene. One person is leaning against a tree with a stick, while the other is seated on the ground. A cow is between them and other livestock in the middle distance. A person in the distance is tending to the animals. The horizon is low in the image, hidden by rolling hills. The artwork is in monochrome with fine linework, creating texture through hatching and cross-hatching, emphasizing depth and dimensionality.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    R.L. Baumfeld Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 8.4 × 8.5 cm (3 5/16 × 3 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 9.7 × 9.5 cm (3 13/16 × 3 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1969.15.365

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lieure, no. 405, State i/iii

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

Q65509231

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