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Frontispice
Frontispiece to The Gobbi
Frontispice
Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635)
1622
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 7.1 x 9.6 cm (2 13/16 x 3 3/4 in.)
Platemark: 5.9 x 8.5 cm (2 5/16 x 3 3/8 in.)
Platemark: 5.9 x 8.5 cm (2 5/16 x 3 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Katherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard
Accession Number2003.77
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Meaume 747; Lieure 279, i/ii
DescriptionThe date on the titlepage refers to the design of the series, done in Florence in 1616. The prints were made and printed after Callot's return to Nancy in 1621. The strongest lines were reinforced with the burin.
Marks
Verso, top left, stamped in gray-violet ink, the mark of Fritz Rumpf, Potsdam (born c. 1855)(Lugt 2161); verso, lower left-center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of Paul Davidsohn, Berlin (born 1839)(Lugt 654); verso, lower center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
ProvenanceFritz Rumpf, Potsdam (born c. 1855)(Lugt 2161); his sale Gutekunst, Stuttgart, sale 65, no. 197; Paul Davidsohn, Berlin (born 1839)(Lugt 654); his sale, Leipzig, C. G. Boerner, CXXIX, May 3-8, 1920, part of lot 942; Kunsthandlung Helmut H. Rumbler, Frankfurt; from whom purchased March 26, 2003