Candle Stick

1628

Jacques Callot

Associated Names
Jacques Callot

Artist, French, 1592 - 1635

The image depicts a room with a large candle placed on a tall candlestick located centrally, under a coffered ceiling. The color palette consists mostly of black and white. To the right, there is a bench and a window with a decorative grid pattern, and beyond the window, there is an outdoor landscape with rocks. The room extends towards the rear with a wall featuring horizontal lines, suggesting texture or paneling. The room is compartmentalized, with the candlestick positioned prominently in the foreground, the bench and window to the right, and the background displaying a doorway and textured wall.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    R.L. Baumfeld Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 6 × 8.2 cm (2 3/8 × 3 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 8.7 × 10.3 cm (3 7/16 × 4 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1969.15.556

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lieure, no. 601, 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

Q65509439

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