Frontispiece for "Varie Figure Gobbi" (Various Hunchback Figures)

c. 1622

Jacques Callot

Associated Names
Jacques Callot

Artist, French, 1592 - 1635

The image is an etching featuring four figures depicted from the waist down. The central figure faces away from the viewer, bending over with its cloak lifted to reveal text. Two figures are bending down, looking towards the central figure, and holding a piece of fabric framing the text. The fourth person is standing on the left side, facing the central figure, wearing round glasses, and holding a stick. The figures have exaggerated facial features, including long, pointy noses and furrowed expressions. They wear robes, coats, and have varied hair styles. One figure carries a bag. The background is plain.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    R.L. Baumfeld Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 5.9 × 8.4 cm (2 5/16 × 3 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 11.7 × 15.5 cm (4 5/8 × 6 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1969.15.426

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lieure, no. 279, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2018

  • Sense of Humor: Caricature, Satire, and the Comical in Prints and Drawings from Leonardo to the Present, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2018 - 2019.

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

Q65509298

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