Beggar with Pot

c. 1622

Jacques Callot

Associated Names
Jacques Callot

Artist, French, 1592 - 1635

The image shows an elderly man standing in profile, leaning slightly forward. He has a long, bushy beard and a bald head with some hair around the crown. The man is draped in a long cloak, wearing layered clothing and boots. He is holding a staff in one hand and a small bucket or container in the other. The background is plain.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    R.L. Baumfeld Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 14 × 18.8 cm (5 1/2 × 7 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1969.15.497

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lieure, no. 484, State i/ii

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

Q65509377

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