Jacques Callot

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

Maker

Jacques Callot (French, 1592-1635)

Title

Turk Seen from the Front, Right Hand on Hip (Le Turc Vu de Face, Levant le Bras Droit)
from the series "Various Figures" (Varie Figure di Iacopo Callot)

Year

ca. 1621-1624

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

etching

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

Marks: Watermark:shield with X's and letters D & C/B

Identification

State

State:ii/iii

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund

Object Number

78.015.2

Type

Exhibition History

Altered States
Etching in Late 19th-Century Paris
Jun 30, 2017 – Dec 03, 2017

Label copy

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.

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

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Tombstone

Jacques Callot (French, 1592-1635)
Turk Seen from the Front, Right Hand on Hip (Le Turc Vu de Face, Levant le Bras Droit); from the series "Various Figures" (Varie Figure di Iacopo Callot), ca. 1621-1624
Etchings on cream-colored, slightly textured laid paper
Plate: 8.6 x 8.6 cm (3 3/8 x 3 3/8 inches)
Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund 78.015.2

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