Rare-Antique Master Print-ARRIVAL OF VRONCOURT-AO-LUTE-DOLPHIN FLOAT-Callot-1627

Medium: Etching on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 24.8 x 17.1 cm (9.76 x 6.73 inch). Image size: 22.1 x 14 cm. (8.7 x 5.51 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Some remains of paper tape on rear from attachment. Light creasing, soiling and some stains. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

ARRIVAL OF VRONCOURT-TYLLON-MARIMONT-LUTE-DOLPHIN FLOAT | 14,5

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Served as an illutration to Henry Humbert’s ‘Le combat á la Barriére’, Nancy, 1627.

Reference: Lieure 578-1(2).

Biography engraver: Jacques Callot (c.1592-1635) was a baroque printmaker and draftsman from the Duchy of Lorraine (an independent state on the north-eastern border of France, southwestern border of Germany and overlapping the southern Netherlands). He is an important person in the development of the old master print. He made more than 1,400 etchings that chronicled the life of his period, featuring soldiers, clowns, drunkards, Romani, beggars, as well as court life. He also etched many religious and military images, and many prints featured extensive landscapes in their background.