Print Description
Medium: Etching on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 6 x 6 cm (2.36 x 2.36 inch). Image size: 6 x 6 cm. (2.36 x 2.36 inch).
Condition: fair, given age. Soiling probably from use in a silver workshop. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
JACQUES CALLOT, THE LAST SUPPER, DUTCH SILVER, DEVOTIONAL PRINT, ENGRAVING FOR SILVER, CALLOT SCHOOL, DUTCH SILVER II | PCO-E23-28
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Close to Dutch Silver II, plate 1A. Anonymous Dutch silversmith-engraver likely working in Groningen or the northern Netherlands, early 18th century. Possibly connected to the workshop of Focko Raerda.
Reference: Dutch Silver II, pl. 1A; Van Rijen, Groninger Keur, p. 267; Frederiks, Dutch Silver, 1958?60.
Biography engraver: Jacques Callot (1592?1635) was a French Baroque printmaker known for his detailed etchings. His style was widely emulated in 17th and 18th-century devotional prints and design plates.
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