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Jacques Callot

Turk Seen from the Front, Right Hand on Hip (Le Turc Vu de Face, Levant le Bras Droit), ca. 1621-1624

Description

Maker

Title

Turk Seen from the Front, Right Hand on Hip (Le Turc Vu de Face, Levant le Bras Droit)

Year

ca. 1621-1624

Medium

Etchings on cream-colored, slightly textured laid paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Supports

Dimensions

Plate: 8.6 x 8.6 cm (3 3/8 x 3 3/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--Verso:in pencil, to left of platemark:3; Recto of mount:in pencil, LL:Callot; in LC:2º Imp; in LR:L. 208 II/III 2pl - 17th i; Verso of mount:in pencil, LR:2H3

Identification

State

State:ii/iii

Type

Credit

Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund

Object Number

78.015.2

Projects & Publications

Publications

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Altered States

June 30 - December 3, 2017

Historic works by Rembrandt and Callot inspired etchers in 19th-century Paris to experiment with working in states. Callot revised and reprinted images in which he transformed a portrait, into a battle scene, by adding a background showing violent pillaging as seen in this print.

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Jacques Callot

Turk Seen from the Front, Right Hand on Hip (Le Turc Vu de Face, Levant le Bras Droit), ca. 1621-1624

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