Gardener Pruning a Tree

1628

Jacques Callot

Associated Names
Jacques Callot

Artist, French, 1592 - 1635

The image shows a figure supporting a young tree. Buildings and trees are in the background, suggesting a horizon. The drawing features fine, precise lines in a monochromatic palette. The figure and tree are detailed, while distant structures are delicately outlined.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    R.L. Baumfeld Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 5.7 × 8.2 cm (2 1/4 × 3 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 7.6 × 9.8 cm (3 × 3 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1969.15.579

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lieure, no. 624, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1990

  • Gardens on Paper: Prints and Drawings, 1200-1900, NGA, 1990, no. 35, repro.

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.

1990

  • Clayton, Virginia Tuttle. Gardens on Paper: Prints and Drawings, 1200-1900. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1990: 35.

Wikidata ID

Q65509466

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