Ravaging and Burning a Village

c. 1633

Jacques Callot

Associated Names
Jacques Callot

Artist, French, 1592 - 1635

The image shows a ground-level perspective with a line of buildings in the background, including a structure with a belfry. Swirling clouds fill the sky above the buildings. In the foreground, there are figures engaged in various actions, some possibly in conflict or fleeing, along with horses pulling a cart. The scene is created using detailed etching lines, with a monochromatic color palette of black ink on a cream-colored background. Trees are depicted to the left of the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    R.L. Baumfeld Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 5.5 × 11.5 cm (2 3/16 × 4 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 8.3 × 13.3 cm (3 1/4 × 5 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1969.15.898

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lieure, no. 1336, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1963

  • Jacques Callot: a selection of prints from the collections of Rudolf L. Baumfeld and Lessing J. Rosenwald, NGA, 1963, no. 56d.

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

Q65509803

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