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Jacques Callot, designer

Le Marché d'Esclaves (La Petite Vue de Paris) (The Slave Market), 1629

Description

Maker

  • Jacques Callot, 1592-1635, French, designer

Title

Le Marché d'Esclaves (La Petite Vue de Paris) (The Slave Market)

Year

1629

Medium

Etching

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • etching

Supports

  • Light weight cream laid paper

Dimensions

Plate: 11.4 x 21.6 cm (4 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--Verso:in pencil, LL:M712 I (I superscribed); in LR:8

Identification

State

State:i/vi

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of an anonymous friend

Object Number

47.777

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Jacques Callot and the Baroque Print

June 17 - November 6, 2011

On this unfinished print, Callot left two faces without modeling and the background blank. The original intent was likely to complete the background with a
Mediterranean port scene. The traditional title of this print is misleading, for instead of depicting a slave market, the subject is the release of Christian captives from an Ottoman prison. At the left are prisoners descending from a fortress. In the center two well-dressed figures (perhaps the benefactors) speak with a man dressed in
Turkish costume. To the right are several prisoners and a transaction taking place — possibly the exchange of money for the captives’ release. The freeing of Christian captives in Muslim lands was one of the missions of chivalric orders in Europe well into the 17th century.

Recent Acquisitions of the Print Room

September 28 - October 30, 1948

Use

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