Noah's Ark

1628

Jacques Callot

Associated Names
Jacques Callot

Artist, French, 1592 - 1635

The image show a wooden boat on stylized waves, with a horizon line at the lower middle. The water and boat are depicted using simple line strokes. The color scheme is monochromatic in shades of brown. A bird with a branch flies in the top-left corner, and there are clouds and rays of light in the sky above.

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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: 8.1 × 9.8 cm (3 3/16 × 3 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1969.15.602

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lieure, no. 647, 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

Q65509489

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