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Jacques Callot was born about 1592 in Lorraine (Nancy), France. After training as an apprentice with a goldsmith and engraver, he moved to Italy where he developed his talents an an etcher and engraver. For over ten years he worked in Florence in the court of the Medici family where he depicted their battles and festivals in his prints and was involved in designing sets for theatrical productions and in illustrating books. In 1621 he was released from the employ of the Medicis and returned to Nancy. Callot died in 1635. In his lifetime he created well over 1400 prints and hundreds of drawings.
Source: Bulletin, November-December, 1978.
Exhibition History"Mao to Mars: Heroes and Superheroes," Des Moines Art Center, Jan. 6 - Apr. 8, 2001
"Masterworks on Paper: Fifteenth to Nineteenth Centuries," Des Moines Art Center, Oct. 10, 1998 - Jan. 24, 1999
"Critters," Des Moines Art Center, Aug. 21 - 0ct. 31, 1993
"Italian Etchings of the 17th and 18th Centuries," Des Moines Art Center, Jan. 30 - May 2, 1993
Sioux City Art Center "Beasties: Animal Imagery," Sioux City Art Center, Apr. 27 - July 1, 1984; (Circulated to the Blanden Memorial Art Museum, Fort Dodge, July 15 - Sept. 9, 1984)
Published ReferencesGallery Guide for "Critters," Des Moines Art Center, Aug. 1993
AN UNCOMMON VISION: THE DES MOINES ART CENTER, Des Moines Art Center, 1998, ref. p.305, b/w ill. fig.3, p.300
DMAC Bulletin, Nov./Dec. 1978, cover ill.
"Beasties: Animal Imagery," Sioux City Art Center, IA, 1984, exh. cat. ref. p.15, ill. p.14
Exhibition History"Mao to Mars: Heroes and Superheroes," Des Moines Art Center, Jan. 6 - Apr. 8, 2001
"Masterworks on Paper: Fifteenth to Nineteenth Centuries," Des Moines Art Center, Oct. 10, 1998 - Jan. 24, 1999
"Critters," Des Moines Art Center, Aug. 21 - 0ct. 31, 1993
"Italian Etchings of the 17th and 18th Centuries," Des Moines Art Center, Jan. 30 - May 2, 1993
Sioux City Art Center "Beasties: Animal Imagery," Sioux City Art Center, Apr. 27 - July 1, 1984; (Circulated to the Blanden Memorial Art Museum, Fort Dodge, July 15 - Sept. 9, 1984)
Published ReferencesGallery Guide for "Critters," Des Moines Art Center, Aug. 1993
AN UNCOMMON VISION: THE DES MOINES ART CENTER, Des Moines Art Center, 1998, ref. p.305, b/w ill. fig.3, p.300
DMAC Bulletin, Nov./Dec. 1978, cover ill.
"Beasties: Animal Imagery," Sioux City Art Center, IA, 1984, exh. cat. ref. p.15, ill. p.14
DimensionsSheet: 14 1/2 × 18 3/4 in. (36.8 × 47.6 cm)
Plate: 14 1/8 × 18 3/8 in. (35.9 × 46.7 cm)
Image: 12 1/4 × 18 3/16 in. (31.1 × 46.2 cm)
Plate: 14 1/8 × 18 3/8 in. (35.9 × 46.7 cm)
Image: 12 1/4 × 18 3/16 in. (31.1 × 46.2 cm)
Accession Number 1978.21
Classificationsprint
CopyrightPublic Domain
SignedJac. Callot Inven et fe (l,l plate)
InscriptionsILLUSTRISSIMO...[Jacques Callot vows, dedicates and consecrates this print to the greatest and most illustrious man, Louis Phelypeaux, seigneur of La Vriliere, Consistorial Count and man of Sacred Orders.] Informes larue...[Shapeless spectres-monsters lurking in gloomy pens-broke out of their Abyss, gathered in a multitude, and invade the earth and the light with their deadly poisons. The appearanc of such great wickedness turned the Hermitage into Hell. Meanwhile, what are you doing under the vault of a large rock, holy old man-do you feel the presence of so many enemies and despise them? Nothing mortal touches you, nor do enticing Joys move your heart, nor does Love break it, nor does death frighten it. A mind firmly set on the divine and gathering strength from God withstands on earth assaults that it will smile at in heaven.]
Cum Privil. Reg. Israel excu 1635 (l,c plate)
Catalogue raisonnéLieure 1416 ii/v
Provenance(Lucien Goldschmidt, Inc., New York); Des Moines Art Center [purchased from the previous, 1978]
after Jacques Callot
date unknown
