Nightingale in a Bush

1628

Jacques Callot

Associated Names
Jacques Callot

Artist, French, 1592 - 1635

The image shows a landscape with a single tree and a bird on top. The horizon appears low in the composition with minimal clouds in the sky. The drawing style is pen and ink with detailed line work. The color palette is monochromatic with shades of brown. The land stretches out with shrubs, uneven terrain, a small building, and fading hills in the background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    R.L. Baumfeld Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 6 × 8.3 cm (2 3/8 × 3 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 8.3 × 10.3 cm (3 1/4 × 4 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1969.15.567

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lieure, no. 612, 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

Q65509452

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