First Intermezzo

1617

Jacques Callot

Associated Names
Jacques Callot

Artist, French, 1592 - 1635

This is a drawing of a theatrical stage and performance. The artwork depicts an elaborate theater scene, showing an audience on both sides seated in ornate balconies watching a grand performance on stage. The stage design includes a large landscape backdrop with trees and hills, enhancing the illusion of depth. The performers appear to be engaged in a form of dance or ritual, organized in an expansive manner across the stage. The foreground and margins of the drawing are filled with detailed depictions of spectators, dressed in period attire, along with musicians and other attendants observing the spectacle. The drawing captures a sense of opulence and grandeur, likely illustrating an early Baroque or Renaissance-style court entertainment.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper [restrike]

  • Credit Line

    Transferred from The Library of Congress

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 71 × 46.5 cm (27 15/16 × 18 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1986.50.124

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lieure, no. 185, State (restrike)

  • Series Title

    The Intermezzi

  • Volume Title

    Quadreria Medicea, vol.4 [1986.50.109-207]

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

Q74873625

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