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Jacques Bellange

Military Figures outside a City

Description

Maker

Jacques Bellange (French, ca. 1575 - 1616)

Title

Military Figures outside a City

Year

1612-1616

Medium

  • Etching and engraving

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Etching and engraving

Materials

etching

Supports

  • Light weight cream laid paper

Dimensions

Plate: 27.5 x 22.2 cm (10 13/16 x 8 3/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Marks: Lettered within image, LC: "Bellange Eques in incide."

Watermark: Bird with wings spread out

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Murray S. Danforth

Object Number

52.200

Type

  • Prints

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Jacques Callot and the Baroque Print
Jun 17, 2011 – Nov 06, 2011

Label copy

The setting and people in this scene can be loosely associated with wartime or a battlefield camp, as evidenced by the shield and drum in the foreground and the

fantastically dressed soldier at right. But the exact nature of this camp, the relationship of the figures, and even the gender of the central figure remain unresolved to this day. Jacques Bellange, a near contemporary of Callot’s at the ducal court in Lorraine, probably created this image as a “capriccio” (a fantasy with evocative references but no clear narrative), with allusions to ancient as well as biblical stories. Cultured viewers would have enjoyed decoding Bellange’s oblique references. Though we see some relationship between Bellange’s swaying, mannered figures and those of Callot, Bellange worked on a monumental scale that did not seem to interest Callot.

Helen M. Danforth
A Tribute
Jun 21, 1985 – Sep 08, 1985
Prints and Drawings with a Classical Reference
Dec 15, 1965 – Jan 09, 1966

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This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Jacques Bellange (French, ca. 1575 - 1616)
Military Figures outside a City, 1612-1616
Etching and engraving
Plate: 27.5 x 22.2 cm (10 13/16 x 8 3/4 inches)
Gift of Mrs. Murray S. Danforth 52.200

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