Antique Master Print-GYPSIES-TRAVELLING-Callot-1621-31

Medium: Etching on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 24.7 x 13.5 cm (9.72 x 5.31 inch). Image size: 23.6 x 12.6 cm. (9.29 x 4.96 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Very good impression; minimal signs of wear. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

JACQUES CALLOT, LES BOH?MIENS, GYPSIES, WANDERERS, NOMADS, EARLY MODERN PRINT, FRENCH BAROQUE, ETCHING | EXPO-FRENCH

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

“Le Bohemiens, serie appelee aussi Les Egyptiens, La Marche des Bohemiens, La Vie Errante des Bohemiens, Les Marches Egyptiennes” (The Gypsies, series also called The Egyptians, The Gypsy Troops, The Wandering Lives of Gypsies, The Egyptian Troops).

State: 2nd state of 3.

Reference: Bibliotheque Nationale II.207.375; Lieure II.24-25.375 i/ii; Meaume 668.

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.