Jacques Callot, St. Amand, c. 1622 |
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Artist: | Jacques Callot (1592 - 1635) |
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Title: | St. Amand, c. 1622 |
Medium: | Original Engraving |
Image: | 11 in x 7 3/4 in (28 cm x 19.7 cm) |
Sheet: | 11 in x 7 3/4 in (28 cm x 19.7 cm) |
Framed: | approx. 23 in x 18 in (58.4 cm x 45.7 cm) |
Signature: | Signed in the plate in the lower left 'Ja. Callot f' |
Condition: | This work is in good condition; backed on a thick wove paper with vertical crease to the left; trimmed along the plate mark. |
ID # | w-3782 |
Price on Request
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Surrounded by an enraptured audience, St. Amand, enveloped in a brilliant white halo, preaches amidst a canopy of trees. Callot captures a distinct sense of personality within each character depicted, as some open their mouths in wonder while others gesture in anger or gaze forward calmly. While we do not know the topic of St. Amand's speech, we can imagine that he is addressing a somewhat controversial subject based on the audience's reactions. Callot's use of cross hatched lines and striking tonal contrasts add a heightened sense of drama to this work. The composition is also noteworthy, as Callot places the viewer in such a position as he or she feels as though she is actually listening in on St. Amand's speech.
Created c. 1622, this piece is signed in the plate in the lower left 'Ja. Callot f.'
DOCUMENTED AND ILLUSTRATED IN:
1. Schroder, Thomas. Jacques Callot: Das gesamte Werk Druckgraphik Volume 2. Munich: Verlag Rogner & Bernhard GMBH. Listed as plate 1457.
2. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany this work.
ABOUT THE FRAMING:
Museum-grade conservation framed in a complementary moulding with silk mats and optical grade Plexiglas.
French artist Jacques Callot etchings and engravings are for sale from our collection. His personal idiom mixes the commedia dell'arte with images of beggars and the picaresque.
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