Frontispiece for "The Prodigal Son", 1635

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series Title

The Prodigal Son [Lieure 1404-1414]

Medium

etching on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 6.2 × 8.1 cm (2 7/16 × 3 3/16 in.)

sheet: 6.7 × 8.6 cm (2 5/8 × 3 3/8 in.)
mount: 8.1 × 10.6 cm (3 3/16 × 4 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

R.L. Baumfeld Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Lieure, no. 1404, State ii/ii

Accession Number

1969.15.830

Artists / Makers

Jacques Callot (artist) French, 1592 - 1635

Israel Henriet (publisher) French, c. 1590 - 1661

Image Use

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Inscription

center, in plate: LA VIE DE L'EN- / FANT PRODIGUE / Faite par noble J. CALLOT, / Et mise en lumiere Par / Israel son amy. / DEDIEE / A Monseigneur ARMAND / de MAILLE, Marquis de BREZE, Maistre de Camp / d'un Regiment. / 1635; bottom, in plate: Cum privilege Reg. Israel cudit

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.