Ravaging and Burning a Village

c. 1633

Jacques Callot

Associated Names
Jacques Callot

Artist, French, 1592 - 1635

The image shows a rural scene with a focus on people engaging in various activities near a building with a tall tower and a cross. The artwork features detailed lines typical of an etching, with a color scheme of sepia and black. The scene includes figures busy with tasks like handling an ox-drawn cart loaded with goods, with other groups of people and animals in the distance near rustic buildings.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 5.5 × 11.5 cm (2 3/16 × 4 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 6.5 × 12.5 cm (2 9/16 × 4 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.2211

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lieure, no. 1336

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

Q64958703

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